The National Archives of the Republic of Belarus celebrated its 98th birthday

On May 30, 2025, a festive event dedicated to the 98th anniversary of the founding of the archive was held at the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus (hereinafter referred to as NARB).

The director of the Department of Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus (hereinafter referred to as the Department) O.L.Voinov addressed the archive’s workforce with congratulations. He noted the difficult and eventful historical path that NARB has gone through, defined the contribution of the archive’s leaders to the development of the institution, and emphasized the great role of the team in solving the tasks at the present stage. Oleg Leonidovich also presented a congratulatory address to the NARB management.

Then the director of the Department O.L.Voinov presented well-deserved awards to the NARB employees. The head of the Document and Information Use Department M.A.Starostenko was awarded the Department’s «Great Archivist» badge. The Department’s letters of gratitude were awarded to NARB employees N.S.Nartovskaya, N.M.Mezko and Yu.N.Petukh.

After the award ceremony, a congratulatory address was heard from NARB Director A.K.Demyanyuk.

Deputy Directors of the archive E.A.Stukanova and S.V.Kulinok congratulated the staff on the holiday and presented awards to particularly distinguished employees.

The NARB «For Merit» badge was received by research associate of the publications department M.E.Tumash.

NARB honorary diplomas were awarded to V.A.Gunko and S.A.Sivets.

NARB letters of gratitude were awarded to E.N.Gerbik, I.D.Zaychenko, U.A.Kolobaeva, A.V.Komar, A.S.Plytnik, K.A.Chikita.

At the end of the event, artists from the sponsored secondary school No.77 in Minsk performed well-known musical compositions for the NARB team.

 

1. Congratulatory address of the Director of the Department of Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus O.L.Voinov
2. Welcoming speech of the Director of the Department of Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus O.L.Voinov
3. Presentation of O.L.Voinov with publications from the «Partisan Archive» series
4. Congratulations of the Deputy Directors of NARB E.A.Stukanova and S.V.Kulinka
5. The NARB staff at the event
6. E.A.Stukanova reads out the welcoming address of the Director of NARB A.K.Demyanuk
7. O.L.Voinov and M.A.Starostenko with the «Ganarov Archivist» award
8. O.L.Voinov awards N.S.Nartovskaya
9. O.L.Voinov awards N.M.Mezko
10. O.L.Voinov awards Yu.N.Petukh
11. E.A.Stukanova awards M.E.Tumash
12. E.A.Stukanova awards U.A.Kolobaeva
13. E.A.Stukanova awards S.A.Sivets
14. E.A.Stukanova awards K.A.Chikita
15. E.A.Stukanova awards A.S.Plytnik
16. E.A.Stukanova awards V.A.Gunko
17. Performance of the children’s vocal group «Raduga» of Secondary School No.77 in Minsk