Presentation of the book of archival documents and exhibition of photographs at the State Archives of Astana, Kazakhstan

On 29 April 2015 the State Archives of Astana City (Kazakhstan) with the participation of the Ambassador of Belarus to Kazakhstan Mr. A. Nichkasov held a presentation of the book of archival documents “The archives speak…” published in honour of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. The book contains archival documents held at the archives of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia. The book’s section called “Kazakhstan Partisans” includes documents from the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus discovered by Belarusian and Kazakh archivists and prepared with the assistance of the Belarus Embassy.

The event also included an exhibition of documentary photographs from the Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings entitled “Unconquered Belarus”. Among the participants were representatives of the diplomatic corps, WWII veterans and workers in the Soviet rear, members of the state agencies and the Belarusian community in Kazakhstan.