{"id":1026231,"date":"2026-11-09T15:24:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T12:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/?p=1026231"},"modified":"2026-11-09T15:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T12:25:42","slug":"a-documentary-exhibition-titled-a-stroke-of-history-the-october-revolution-in-archival-documents-has-opened-at-the-department-for-archives-and-records-management-of-the-ministry-of-justic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/news\/1026231","title":{"rendered":"A documentary exhibition titled \u00abA Stroke of History: The October Revolution in Archival Documents\u00bb has opened at the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 6, 2026, <strong>the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus<\/strong> (hereinafter referred to as the \u00abDepartment\u00bb) hosted <strong>the opening of an exhibition titled \u00abA Stroke of History: The October Revolution in Archival Documents\u00bb<\/strong>. The exhibition was prepared by <strong>the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus<\/strong> (NARB) and <strong>the Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photograph, and Sound Documents<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The October Revolution of 1917 stands as one of the most significant political events of the 20th century, shaping the subsequent course of world history. For our republic, it provided the opportunity to establish a genuine statehood based on Soviet principles. Many of the social achievements implemented by the Bolshevik Party have since become the foundation for the social policy of the Republic of Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition features documents from the NARB that illustrate the progression of the October Revolution in Belarus. Of particular interest are posters, leaflets, telegrams, personal accounts from participants, proclamations issued by various political parties, and photographs from the Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photograph, and Sound Documents\u2014all documenting the revolutionary events that took place in our country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>V.P.Garmatny, a leading archivist at the NARB<\/strong>, presented the exhibition to staff members from the Department, the Appellate Economic Court of the Republic of Belarus, and the editorial office of the journal \u00abJustice of Belarus\u00bb (\u00abYustitsiya Belarusi\u00bb).<\/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\/11\/1-50.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1089509\" class=\"wp-image-1089509 alignnone size-full\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>1. Exhibition poster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1089510\" class=\"wp-image-1089510 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>2. Documentary exhibition at the Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/3-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1089511\" class=\"wp-image-1089511 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>3. V.P.Garmatny, a leading archivist at the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus (NARB), introduces the exhibition to the Department\u2019s leadership<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/4-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1089512\" class=\"wp-image-1089512 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"60%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>4. V.P.Garmatny, a leading archivist at the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus (NARB), introduces the exhibition to the meeting participants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/5-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1089513\" class=\"wp-image-1089513 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>5. Archival documents on display<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1089514\" class=\"wp-image-1089514 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>6. Archival documents on display<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/7-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1089515\" class=\"wp-image-1089515 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>7. Archival documents on display<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 6, 2026, the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus (hereinafter referred to as the \u00abDepartment\u00bb) hosted the opening&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1026232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1026231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026231"}],"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=1026231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1026234,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026231\/revisions\/1026234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1026231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1026231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1026231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}