Working visit of the Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus O.L.Voinov to the Vitebsk region (Polotsk and Vitebsk)

Published: April 04, 2024

On April 3-4, 2024, a working visit of the Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus O.L.Voinov took place. in Polotsk and Vitebsk in order to discuss the issue of organizing an exhibition on the history of Belarusian statehood and parliamentarism and the events of the XI Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia in the summer of 2024, as well as familiarization with the progress of repair work in the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region and the Zonal State Archive in Polotsk.

The working trip was attended by the head of the main department of justice of the Vitebsk regional executive committee S.P.Konopelko, deputy head of the department of state registration of commercial (non-profit) organizations, legal examination and organization of the work of archival institutions of the main department of justice of the Vitebsk regional executive committee O.V.Pashkevich and Director of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus A.K.Demyanyuk.

As part of the preparation and opening of the exhibition project, which will be presented at the XI Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia at Polotsk State University. Euphrosyne of Polotsk had a meeting with the first vice-rector of the university O.V.Golubeva. and employees of the educational institution. The concept of the exhibition project was discussed, as well as its filling with archival documents from the funds of the National Archive of the Republic of Belarus, the National Historical Archive of Belarus and the Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photo and Sound Documents.

During a working visit to the Zonal State Archive in Polotsk, O.L.Voinov got acquainted with the current renovation of the reading room, working conditions, updated material and technical base, and work processes.

During a working visit to the State Institution «Archive of the Polotsk District and the City of Polotsk», the director of the archive T.N.Peryshkina. spoke about the conditions for storing documents on personnel and liquidated organizations of the Polotsk region and the work of archivists.

On April 4 in Vitebsk, the director of the Department of Archives and Records Management visited all four archival sites of the State Archives of the Vitebsk Region, paying special attention to the completion of the reconstruction of the archive building at Frunze Avenue, 90A.

At a working meeting held at this site with the head of the main department of justice of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee S.P.Konopelko, the director of the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region T.M.Svistunova, representatives of the contractor, the stages of work and commissioning of the facility in the first half of this year were discussed. The director of the archive informed about the already transferred funds and documents, about plans for further acquisition of the archive.

Director of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus A.K.Demyanuk presented to the director of the State Archives of the Vitebsk Region the popular scientific publication «Archives. Nothing but the truth» (a joint project of the Ministry of Justice and BelTA).

Director of the Department of Archives and Records Management O.L.Voinov As a result of the visit, specific tasks were set for the current period.

1. O.L.Voinov, S.P.Konopelko, O.V.Golubeva, O.V.Pashkevich at Polotsk State University named after Euphrosyne of Polotsk.

2. O.L. Voinov and O.V. Golubeva during a discussion of the exhibition project.

3. O.V.Golubeva, O.V.Pashkevich, O.L.Voinov, A.K.Demyanuk, S.P.Konopelko during a visit to the university.

4. A.K. Demyanuk, O.L. Voinov, O.V. Golubeva, O.V. Pashkevich during a visit to the university.

5. O.L.Voinov and director of the archive T.N.Peryshkina at the State Institution «Archive of the Polotsk region and the city of Polotsk».

6. O.L.Voinov, director of the archive L.V.Lazarenok and O.V.Pashkevich in the Zonal State Archive in Polotsk.

7. Director of the Department O.L.Voinov gets acquainted with the equipment of the Zonal State Archive in Polotsk.

8. Director of the Department O.L.Voinov gets acquainted with the equipment of the Zonal State Archive in Polotsk.

9. O.L.Voinov, T.M.Svistunova, S.P.Konopelko at the object «Reconstruction of the ATS-24 building at 90A Frunze Avenue in Vitebsk for the archive».

10. O.L. Voinov

11. T.M.Svistunova, O.V.Pashkevich, S.P.Konopelko, O.L.Voinov in the renovated premises of the State Archives of the Vitebsk Region on Frunze Avenue, 90A.

12. T.M.Svistunova, O.V.Pashkevich, S.P.Konopelko, O.L.Voinov in the renovated premises of the State Archives of the Vitebsk Region on Frunze Avenue, 90A.

13. T.M.Svistunova and O.L.Voinov in the archives of the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region.

14. O.L.Voinov and S.P.Konopelko in the archives of the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region

15. Chief custodian of funds K.G. Karpekin, director of the State Archives of the Vitebsk Region T.M. Svistunova and O.L. Voinov in the building of the archives of the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region on Kalinin Street, 22.

16. O.L.Voinov is shown the work of one of the scanners of the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region.