The State Archives of Public Organizations in Gomel Region prepared a book Gomel Region in 1943 – 1953: Documents and Materials

In view of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory by the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War and the 75th anniversary since the foundation of the State Archives of Public Organizations in Gomel Region the archive’s staff has prepared for publication a book of documents, Gomel Region in 1943 – 1953: Documents and Materials.

The book is prepared by the State Archives of Public Organizations in Gomel Region with the participation of the State Archives of Gomel Region and the Local State Archives in Mozyr. The collection includes 134 documents. The majority of the documents have been published for the first time.

The book is illustrated with photographs selected from the Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings, the State Archives of Public Organizations in Gomel Region and the Gomel Palace and Park Complex State Historical and Cultural Institution as well as with the pages of the newspaper Gomelskaya Prauda of the period.

The selected documents give an insight into the political, economic, social and cultural processes that took place in the Gomel and Polesye regions in the first decade after the Liberation from the Nazi occupation. These will be of interest to the researchers and everyone interested in the Soviet period in the history of Gomel Region.