Staff from the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region took part in a thematic meeting titled «The History of the Vitebsk Region Through the Lives of Its Leaders»

Held at the V.I.Lenin Vitebsk Regional Library, the event was dedicated to the memory of three prominent leaders of the Vitebsk region: Vladimir Kulakov, Sergey Shabashov, and Pyotr Rubis.

The State Archive of the Vitebsk Region prepared a presentation on the life and career of Pyotr Yefimovich Rubis, who served as chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee from 1963 to 1974. His personal collection—along with that of Sergey Mikhailovich Shabashov, who led the Vitebsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (CPB) from 1971 to 1983—is preserved within the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region.

The materials for the event were compiled by Yelena Bondareva, head of the Department for Information Retrieval Systems and Automated Archival Technologies at the State Archive.

Attendees included Yelena Nefedova, chair of the Regional Council of Trade Unions; Sergey Olsevich, chair of the Regional Council of Veterans; Valeryan Matskevich, chair of the Regional Organization of Veterans of the War in Afghanistan; Larisa Olenskaya, chair of the Vitebsk City Council of Veterans; veteran movement activist Zoya Krot; and Pyotr Shershen, an honorary citizen of the city of Vitebsk. The gathering was welcomed by Marina Novitskaya, head of the Main Directorate for Ideological Work and Youth Affairs of the Regional Executive Committee, and Viktor Glushin, deputy chair of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, who also offered congratulations in anticipation of the upcoming October Revolution Day.

1. The event is opened by Larisa Rogacheva, head of the Local History Department at the Regional Library.

2. Tatyana Buyevich, Deputy Director of the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region, speaks.

3–4. In the hall during the event.

5. Attendees included (from left to right): Irina Kulakova, daughter of Vladimir Kulakov (Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee and the Regional Council of Deputies from 1984 to 1994); Marina Novitskaya, Head of the Main Directorate for Ideological Work and Youth Affairs of the Regional Executive Committee; Viktor Glushin, Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee; Vladimir Tsetsokho, a Komsomol and Party official and delegate to the 1st All-Belarusian People’s Assembly; and Anatoly Brutsky, a local historian and writer.