Conducting an industry seminar-meeting at the State Institution «National Archives of the Republic of Belarus»

On April 26, 2024, at the site of the State Institution «National Archive of the Republic of Belarus» an industry seminar-meeting «Topical issues of office work and archival storage of documents» was held for heads of structural divisions and specialists of organizations that are part of the State Production Association «Belenergo».

The head of the office management and formation department of the National Archive Fund of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus T.A.Shevchenko gave a report to the seminar participants on the procedure for creating files, transferring them to the organization’s archive, destroying documents and files with expired storage periods.

A tour of the archive was organized for the event participants. They visited the archives of partisan funds, where they became familiar with the conditions for storing documents, as well as documentary sources on the history of the partisan movement, the crimes of the German occupation authorities against the civilian population and the deportation of the population of the BSSR for forced labor in Germany. The guests also visited the archives of personal funds, where documents of government, socio-political and party leaders, scientists of Belarus and participants in the Great Patriotic War are stored.

On the Day of the Chernobyl Tragedy, special attention was drawn to the documentary exhibition «Chernobyl. Pain and memory».

Familiarization with the activities of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus aroused professional interest among the seminar participants.

1. Deputy director of the archive E.A.Stukanova gives a welcoming speech to the participants of the seminar.

2. Speech by the head of the department of records management and formation of the National Archival Fund of the State Institution «National Archive of the Republic of Belarus» T.A.Shevchenko.

3. Seminar participants’ visit to the archives of the partisan forces’ funds.

4. The head of the department of funds of personal origin, I.V.Dorogush, introduces the seminar participants to documents of personal origin.

5. Head of the information retrieval systems department O.Yu.Yurkevich introduces the guests of the archive to the documentary exhibition «Chernobyl. Pain and memory».