Round table dedicated to 100 years since the beginning of the defense of Smorgon during the First World War

On 15 September 2015 the Belarusian town of Smorgon hosted the events dedicated to 100 years since the beginning of the defense of this town during the First World War. The Smorgon Regional Museum held a round table on the topic “The state and perspectives of the studies and preservation of the military historical heritage of the First World War in the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation : 100 Years of the Battle of Smorgon”. Attended at the round table were historians, archivists, museum workers and regional specialists.

The Belarusian and Russian archivists were represented at the event by the Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Justice Ministry of the Republic of Belarus, Vladimir Adamushko and the Chief of the Federal Archival Agency of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Andrei Artizov. At the round table they delivered reports on “Records of the state archives in Belarus relating to the events of the First World War” and “The Russian archives and the preservation of the memory of the First World War”.