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Depository of memory

Almaty 06.03.2008

A meeting was held with the employees of State Archives of cinema, photo, and phono documents at House of Friendship last week.

- Our archive keeps information on film carrier and magnetic medium from the beginning of 1920s, - Alla Seitova said, the director of State Archives of cimenaphotodocuments and the sound recording of Kazakhstan, - We keep the voices of great masters of Kazakhstan variety. It is our musical cultural heritage. We never feel shame at the quality of picture or the voice of announcer. This is a history. It was such. We needn’t embellish something.

As she said, during more then 90 years the documents exposed to curl. The tape needs treat with dip in order to keep it. It is difficult and expensive. The funds, assignable by state, aren't enough. Came out of it, the depository of Kazakhstan culture is covered by bio deterioration. Now a part of archive documents are restored and transferred on present electronic data medium. It is the strategical goal of employees of the Archives - to give new life to old documents.

Just come out book "Evacuation to Kazakhstan" was showed at the meeting.  - This book is calling for attract interest to offering theme, - the president of Association of Jewish National Organizations of Kazakhstan Alexandr Baron commented, - in this book sketches, memoirs, authentic archive documents were showed. Undoubtedly, it is only a few historical evidence times and events, turned over the fortunes of people of different nations.

The president invited everyone to international scientific conference, which will be devoted to these tragic pages of history and will take place in October this year in Almaty.


Anna Naumova

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