On April 22 the round table of youth and children’s patriotic socially oriented non-profit organizations of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus will be held in Brest. It will be organized by the Commission of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation for Youth Affairs, Development of Volunteering and Patriotic Education. Information support for the event will be provided by the National Youth Council of Russia.
The round table will be held within the framework of the International Scientific and Practical Conference of Museum Workers, Researchers and Teachers, Library and Archival Workers on the topic “Actual issues of preservation of historical monuments. Brest Fortress: milestones of history, trials, development”. In the conference hall of the Museum of Defense “Brest Hero Fortress” will discuss the use of museum expositions and programs in the preservation of historical memory, reflection of important landmark events in museum expositions, problems of historiography and source study of the history of the Great Patriotic War, the place of the Great Patriotic War in culture, art and historical memory, actual problems of patriotic education of youth in the Republic of Belarus and the CIS countries, the role of cultural institutions, education, the Ministry of Defense, the Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the media in the preservation of historical monuments, outline the priority tasks of patriotic education. The organizers’ purpose is to consolidate activities of historians, museum workers and the public of two countries in the preservation of historical monuments. The conference will begin with the laying of flowers at the Eternal Flame near the Brest Fortress.
Applications for participation in the round table can be submitted by e-mail: k.kondratev@oprf.ru until April 10.
The conference will be held at the following address – Republic of Belarus, Brest, Heroes of the Defense of the Brest Fortress st., 60, State Institution “Memorial Complex “Brest Hero Fortress”.
