Three-party meeting of the heads of state archival services and institutions in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, 28-30 Sept 2010, Gomel, Belarus

A regular three-party meeting of the heads of state archival services and institutions in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine was held on 28-30 September 2010 in Gomel, Belarus.

Among the participants were the head of the Federal Archival Agency of Russia A. Artizov, the chairman of the State Committee on Archives of Ukraine O. Ginzburg, director at the Department for Archives and RM at the Ministry of Justice of Belarus V. Adamushko, directors of central state archives in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

The plenary meetings discussed the issues of records acquisition in the state archives and the creation of holdings of security and reference copies.

The participants visited the State Archives of Gomel Region and the Zonal State Archives in Rechitsa to learn the best practices of Belarusian archivists. At the Rechitsa District Executive Committee the participants met with the ideology workers in this district.