Excursion for students of the educational institution «Mogilev State Regional Lyceum No. 1»

As part of the republican campaign “My family is my country”, timed to coincide with Family Day at the “State Archive of the Mogilev Region” institution, on May 15, 2023, an excursion was held for students of the educational institution “Mogilevsky State Regional Lyceum No. 1.

In the reading room, Olga Trotskaya, head of the Department for the Scientific Use of Documents and Information, and Aleksey Shvyryov, archivist of the 1st qualification category, spoke about the documents stored in the archive, the specifics of the work of archivists. Separate attention was focused on the peculiarities of conducting genealogical research in archival institutions. As an example, the children were introduced to documents from the archives containing information of a genealogical nature. Among them are questionnaires, household books, personal files.

Then the lyceum students visited the archives with a tour, where the head of the department for accounting and ensuring the safety of documents Svetlana Sharaeva acquainted the audience with the conditions for storing documents.