The institution «State Archive of the Gomel Region» was visited by representatives of the notary office of the Gomel region, headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Gomel Regional Notary Chamber Oksana Kolesneva

On June 25, 2024, representatives of the Gomel region notary office, led by the Deputy Chairman of the Gomel Regional Notary Chamber Oksana Kolesneva, visited the building of the institution «State Archive of the Gomel Region» (hereinafter referred to as the State Archives), which is located at st. Kosareva, 23.

GAGom Director Andrei Nikolaevich Sushchevich delivered a welcoming speech to the invited guests. In his speech, Andrei Nikolaevich spoke about the history of the creation of the regional archive, its main areas of activity, and the various work carried out by archivists in the selection, storage and use of documents. In his speech, he paid much attention to the main indicators and features of the new archival building.

«The area of the archive storage is over 2.1 thousand square meters, which will make it possible to accommodate more than 1 million archival files and resolve the issue of completing the regional archive for decades to come. After all, about 5 thousand cases are accepted for storage every year», noted the director of the State Antimonopoly Service.

The guests were also presented with a documentary exhibition «Dedicated to the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Genocide of the Belarusian People». This exhibition project is a significant contribution to the great work carried out by archival institutions to preserve the historical memory of the events and participants of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) and takes on special significance on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders.

In addition, the director of the GAGom conducted a sightseeing tour of the archives. Andrei Nikolaevich said that a gas system with carbon dioxide was installed in the new archive storage. The advantages of gas installations are compactness, ease of use, safety for the environment, effective fire fighting and no harm to document storage.

During the event, the director of the archive gave comprehensive answers to all questions asked.

1. Director of the State Archives A.N. Suschevich during his speech

2. General photo of the event

3. Representatives of the notary office of the Gomel region during the excursion

4. Director of the State Archive A.N. Suschevich conducts a tour