The Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings celebrated its Jubilee

On 29 March 2011 the Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings, a leading archival institution and the only repository of audiovisual records in the country, celebrated its Jubilee.

The Archives was founded in 1941, when the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR adopted a resolution to create the State Archival Fonds and an archives network in the Soviet Union. As on 1 May 1948, the Archives held 6,530 photographic documents (negatives and positives) only. For comparison, presently the Archives holds over 250,000 photographic records, 37,000 film items, and nearly 15,000 sound recordings.

The Archives holds valuable photographic and film documents relating to the history of our country.

The Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings is a major repository of unique records and a research institution for the acquisition, preservation, description and utilization of records. The Archives is a permanent participant in the republic-level and international scholarly conferences, symposia, seminars and workshops.