In Grodno opened a historical exhibition for the Day of national unity

Look into the past and learn familiar streets and faces. In Grodno, through black and white photographs of the distant 39th, they showed what was happening in these lands immediately after the reunification of the country.

The exhibition for the Day of National Unity was opened right in the lobby of the largest shopping center. Red Army men in the middle of Grodno street, work in the fields of the former landlord estate, meetings of peasant committees, the first elections to the Supreme Council of the BSSR. The old photos show the main events of the first months of life of the region as part of one country. Grodno and the surrounding area were part of the Bialystok region. Rare archival footage was presented to the public for the first time. About three dozen pictures were taken at the exhibition. Although in the archive of public associations of the region carefully stored about 600 thousand documents of that era.

Lyudmila Gorbachev, Director of the State Archive of Public Associations of Grodno Region: These are laws, resolutions, and some memos. But there is also the statement of an ordinary peasant who very much wants to join the collective farm. It's bureau records. What matters were dealt with there, of course, it all started very seriously. This includes the development of agriculture and industry, the construction of housing and nurseries and schools. First of all, the authorities took care of the people – their fate, especially on the territory of Western Belarus after reunification.

The exhibition is available for everyone. And on the Day of National Unity, here, accompanied by the youth orchestra of the music college for children and adults, an interactive lesson in memory of the fate of the Grodno region in the 39th will be held.