A collection of documents «Minsk Region in Documents and Materials – (January 1938 – June 1941)» was published in January 2008 by the State Archives of Minsk Region

A collection of documents «Minsk Region in Documents and Materials – Issue 1 (January 1938 – June 1941)» was issued in January 2008 by the State Archives of Minsk Region in collaboration with the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus. This book, marking 70 years of Minsk Region, is the first collection of documents published by the State Archives of Minsk Region.

Documents posted in the book illuminate the economic, social, political and cultural life in the Minsk region in the first years of its existence as administrative territorial unit (1938 – 1941).

The book includes facsimile copies of documents, photographs, the map of Minsk Region of 1938, etc. In addition, the book contains comprehensive reference and finding aids.

The edition is intended for historian experts, graduate and postgraduate students, and all who are interested in the history of Minsk Region.