Excursion in the institution «State archive of public associations of the Mogilev region»

In the Year of Peace and Creation, on the eve of the Day of Remembrance of the Internationalist Soldiers on February 14, 2023, an excursion was held at the State Archive of Public Associations of the Mogilev Region for the first secretaries of the organizational structures of the NGO «Belarusian Republican Youth Union» of the city of Mogilev and employees of the Mogilev Regional Committee of the NGO «Belarusian Republican Youth Union».

Leading archivist Bryuzgina S.N. she spoke about the defense of the city of Mogilev in July 1941, about the partisan movement on the territory of the Mogilev region, about the genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War and acquainted the guests of the archive with documentary exhibitions prepared by the archive staff on these topics.

Director of the archive Bartsuleva S.V. spoke about the thematic exhibition of documents «February 15 – Day of Remembrance of Soldiers-Internationalists». The exposition presents documents from the fund of the Mogilev Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus, concerning assistance to the families of the dead and benefits for soldiers who performed their international duty in Afghanistan. Documents were also presented on the perpetuation of the memory of paratrooper Andrei Melnikov, a native of the city of Mogilev, who was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

As part of this event, a sightseeing tour of the archive was held, during which the director spoke about the history of the creation and main activities of the archive, familiarized with the composition of the stored documents, the mode of their storage. During the tour, those present got acquainted with the exhibition exposition on the history of the party archive.