Conducting seminars on the topic “Confessional Archives of Belarus” for 3rd year students of the Faculty of History of the Belarusian State University

On March 31, 2023, within the framework of the Republican campaign “Archives for School” and the Year of Peace and Creation proclaimed in the Republic of Belarus, seminars on the academic discipline “Confessional Archives of Belarus” were held at the National Historical Archives of Belarus for 3rd year students of the Faculty of History of the Belarusian State University (specialty “Historical and Archival Studies”). The event was jointly prepared and held by Associate Professor of the Department of Source Studies of the Faculty of History of the Belarusian State University, Candidate of Historical Sciences Zinaida Antonovich and Head of the Department of Research and Publication Activities of the NIA of Belarus, Candidate of Historical Sciences Dmitry Matveychik.

During the seminars, students got the opportunity to get acquainted in practice with the specific composition of the files of archival funds 136, 1781, 3245, 1952 of the NIA of Belarus, the specifics of their formation, as well as approaches to identifying the information potential of documents created in the course of activities of fund creators . Such events are held on the basis of the NIA of Belarus in order to improve the quality of training of future archivists, expand the possibilities of using the archival funds of confessional institutions and develop the scientific reference apparatus for them.