Presentation of the documentary exhibition «Gomel Region Industry with the Quality Mark» in the institution «State Archives of the Gomel Region»

On September 24, 2024, in the reading room of the institution «State Archives of the Gomel Region», the archive staff was presented with a documentary exhibition «Gomel Region Industry with the Quality Mark», dedicated to the Year of Quality. The documents presented at the exhibition reflect the history of the quality movement at the enterprises of the Gomel region, whose work collectives were at the forefront of the struggle for labor productivity, achieving improved quality, reliability and durability of manufactured products. For example, the following documents are presented at the exhibition: «Order of the Director of the Gomel Plant of Measuring Instruments on holding a factory inspection of the quality, reliability and durability of manufactured products. July 2, 1973», «Resolution of the factory conference on quality at the Gomel Plant of Measuring Instruments. June 1980», «Table of indicators characterizing the activities of the Gomel Plant of Measuring Instruments to improve the quality of industrial products for 1979», «Extract from the minutes of the meeting of the Council of the primary organization of the Scientific and Technical Association of the Gomel Plant of Measuring Instruments on the submission to the Soyuznalitpribor of materials for the competition for the Diploma of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions and the USSR State Standard «For achieving the best results in the production of products with the State Quality Mark». January 9, 1980», «Recommendation for awarding the Diploma of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions and the State Standard to the Gomel Plant of Measuring Instruments «For achieving the best results in the production of products with the State Quality Mark based on the results of work for 1979», «Certificate of the Gomel Regional Laboratory of State Supervision of Standards and Measuring Equipment on the production of products by the Gomel Plant of Measuring Instruments with the State Quality Mark. January 15, 1979», «Report on the status of development and implementation at the Gomel Glass Factory of the KS «Quality Management of Products in Mechanical Engineering». January 16, 1978», «Report on the work of the team of the Gomel Machine-Tool Plant named after S.M. Kirov. January 7, 1975, which indicates that four models of machine tools have been awarded the State Quality Mark», «Minutes of the Quality Day at the Gomel Machine-Tool Plant named after S.M. Kirov. January 6, 1971», «Letter from the Director of the Gomselmash Plant, which provides information on the activities to prepare the forage harvester for State certification for the Quality Mark. February 3, 1971», «Information on the progress of socialist competition at the Gomel Fat Plant. 1980, which contains information on the release of 10 types of products with the Quality Mark», etc. In total, more than 50 documents are presented at the exhibition.

In the future, the archive plans to use the documentary exhibition «Gomel Region Industry with the Quality Mark» in various events, such as lessons for students as part of the «Archives to School» campaign, dialogue platforms, round tables, etc.

1. Archive Director Andrei Nikolaevich Sushchevich tells the archive staff about the historical justification for the adoption by the Head of State Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko of signing Decree No. 375 «On declaring 2024 the Year of Quality».

2. Documentary exhibition «Gomel Region Industry with the Quality Mark»