{"id":1022920,"date":"2026-02-16T11:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/?p=1022920"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:01:15","slug":"the-belarusian-state-archives-and-museum-of-literature-and-art-bsamli-took-part-in-an-event-commemorating-the-37th-anniversary-of-the-withdrawal-of-soviet-troops-from-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/news\/1022920","title":{"rendered":"The Belarusian State Archives and Museum of Literature and Art (BSAMLI) took part in an event commemorating the 37th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\"  width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"gen_table\">\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1079871\" class=\"wp-image-1079871 alignnone size-full\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>On February 14, 2026, employees of <strong>the Belarusian State Archives and Museum of Literature and Art<\/strong> (hereinafter referred to as BSAMA) took part in <strong>an event commemorating the 37th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan at the National Memorial Complex \u00abTemple-Monument in Honor of All Saints and in Memory of the Victims Who Served to Save Our Fatherland\u00bb in Minsk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the event, <strong>a memorial service for the internationalist soldiers who died in Afghanistan was held in the crypt of the Temple-Monument, followed by a ceremonial laying of flowers<\/strong>. <strong>Guards Colonel Vladimir Ilyich Shokov, Chairman of the Minsk City Organization of Afghan War Veterans \u00abMemory\u00bb (BSVVA)<\/strong>, and <strong>Tatyana Ivanovna Kolyadka, Director of the Belarusian Center for Spiritual Revival<\/strong>, delivered welcoming remarks in the White Hall of the Church. A concert program then began, featuring <strong>Major Mikhail Bykov, a soldier-internationalist and holder of the Order of the Red Banner, performing the song \u00abAfghan Notebook\u00bb, among others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Participating in the event were <strong>Tamara Ivanovna Dovnar<\/strong>, Chairperson of the Republican Association of Families of Servicemen Killed in Afghanistan, \u00abMemory and Duty\u00bb, a member of the Minsk City Council, Deputy Chairperson of the Minsk City Organization of Afghan War Veterans \u00abMemory\u00bb (BSVVA), and <strong>Georgy Petrovich Atamanov<\/strong>, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus for Organizational, Party, and Legal Work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\"  width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"gen_table\">\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1079872\" class=\"wp-image-1079872 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"80%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>1. During an event dedicated to the 37th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-56.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1079873\" class=\"wp-image-1079873 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>2. Leading archivist of the BGAMLI, O.A.Bogdanova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On February 14, 2026, employees of the Belarusian State Archives and Museum of Literature and Art (hereinafter referred to as BSAMA) took part in an event commemorating the 37th&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1022920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1022921,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022920\/revisions\/1022921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1022920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1022920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}