On August 4, 2023, the institution «State Archive of the Gomel Region» within the framework of the action «Archives for School» opened its doors for students of the 9th grade of the educational institution «Secondary School No.75 in Gomel»

On August 14, 2023, the institution «State Archive of the Gomel Region» within the framework of the action «Archives for School» opened its doors for 9th grade students of the educational institution «Secondary School No.75 in Gomel», who actively spend their holidays in a school labor camp.

The schoolchildren were met by the deputy director of the archive A.P.Mitskevich, who told the children about the history of the creation of the archive, its main activities, the versatile work carried out by archivists in the selection, storage and use of archival documents, invited schoolchildren to take part in the competition «Young archivist».

Then, a lesson dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) was held for the children in the reading room, and the exhibition «Perpetuating the memory of those who died during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)» was demonstrated. Memory is sacred!

The students also had a sightseeing tour of the archives and archives, where the guys got acquainted with archival documents on the history of the Gomel region.

The children showed a keen interest in the archive, asked many questions and expressed their desire to work with archival documents in the future.