Celebrations on 100th anniversary of the state archive development in Vitebsk Region and 80th anniversary of the State Archives of Vitebsk Region

Archival Readings “The Archive Business in Vitebsk Region: History and Present Times” dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the state archive development in Vitebsk Region and 80th anniversary of the State Archives of Vitebsk Region took place on 19 December 2018.

Welcoming words to the participants were given by Vice Chairman of Vitebsk Region Executive Committee V.P. Penin, Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Justice Ministry V.I. Kourash, Chief of Main Justice Administration of Vitebsk Region Executive Committee S.P. Konopelko, directors of regional state archives in Brest, Minsk and Mogilev, local state archives in Glubokoye, Orsha and Polotsk, the municipal archives of Vitebsk, and Deputy Director of Vitebsk Regional Museum.

The reports were delivered at the plenary session and during the working sections “Archival documents as information base for studies in regional history” and “The formation and use of documents of the National Archival Holdings of the Republic of Belarus”. The jubilee events also included presentation of the book “The State Archives of Vitebsk Region. 100 Years of History: 1918-2018” and two exhibitions of archive documents.