Zonal State Archive in Rechitsa took part in the event dedicated to M.V.Dovnar-Zapolsky

On the basis of the branch «City Library named after N.K.Krupskaya» of the State Institution of Culture «Rechitsa Regional Network of Libraries» an information and educational hour was held on the eve of the 156th anniversary of the birth (June 14) of the Belarusian historian, literary critic, folklorist and ethnographer, a native of Rechitsa Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapolsky.

As part of the theme of the event, Rechitsa archivists informed young listeners about the service of the famous fellow countryman in the Moscow Archive of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire and about the scientific conference «International Dovnar Readings» (held in Rechitsa every two years, from 1997 to 2010), presenting to the attention of the audience the publications from published works of the conference participants.

At the end of the meeting, those present paid tribute to the memory of Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapolsky at his bust, installed in Rechitsa in 1997 on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the scientist’s birth.