The institution «Zonal State Archives in Orsha» held a round table on the topic «Archives – guardians of the documentary memory of the people and national history», as part of the International Week of Archives

As part of the International Week of Archives, on June 7, 2024, a round table was held in the reading room of the State Archive in Orsha on the topic «Archives – guardians of the documentary memory of the people and national history.»

The heads of structural divisions of the archive N.E. Senkovskaya, T.V. Mashkanova, M.A. Nikulina, and archive specialists took part in the round table.

The event was opened by the director of the State Archive in Orsha O.M. Bergovina, who congratulated those present on the International Day of Archives. The director of the archive noted that archives are an important information resource, a rich source of retrospective information, a repository of historical and folk experience accumulated over centuries.

During the event, reports were made by the director of the archive and heads of structural divisions: «Archives are the custodians of the documentary memory of the people and national history», «The work of the archive with the organizations that are the sources of acquisition», «Ensuring the safety and accounting of documents».

Productive communication was organized as part of the round table.