BGAMLI live on the Kultura channel of the Belarusian radio

On April 30, 2025, the director of the Belarusian State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art (hereinafter referred to as BGAMLI) E.A. Makarenko and leading archivist N.A. Mizon, as part of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Republic of Belarus from the Nazi invaders and the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War, talked with the host of the program «Dialogues about Culture» N.Ya.Galperovich live on the Kultura channel of the Belarusian radio.

The conversation was dedicated to the traditional holiday of Radovnitsa and the memory of cultural figures – participants or eyewitnesses of the Great Patriotic War. The archivists spoke about the annual visit by the archive-museum employees to the burial sites of the founders of the BGAMLI collection, and the work carried out to improve the graves. This is a tribute to people who have made an invaluable contribution to the development of Belarusian literature and art.

The interlocutors emphasized the importance of preserving the documentary heritage of cultural and artistic figures as part of the national memory of the war. The archive-museum contains diaries, letters, objects and works of art reflecting the events and facts of the war era. The director of the BGAMLI shared information about new documents of the Belarusian poet and translator Alexei Zaritsky, which were received by the archive-museum in April 2025. N.A. Mizon spoke about the wartime memoirs of the famous opera singer Larisa Aleksandrovskaya and theater and film actress Stefania Stanyuta, stored in the BGAMLI funds.

E.A. Makarenko noted that the work on preserving the memory of famous cultural figures concerns not only the preservation of archival documents, but is expressed in their daily study and the transfer of the experience of past generations to descendants through various events held by the archive-museum, such as organizing exhibitions, round tables, literary meetings, conducting excursions and lessons at the institution.

At the end of the conversation, representatives of the BGAML announced the preparation of exhibitions dedicated to the anniversaries of literary and artistic figures, which will be celebrated in the near future.

The interview can be seen here. To watch in good quality, select HD in the video settings.

1. Participation in the program «Dialogues about Culture» with N.Ya.Galperovich

2. E.A. Makarenko and leading archivist N.A.Mizon