Web-site - archive of Belarusian democratic movement starts working

The idea of "Vytoki" web-site appeared long ago, and not in just one civil organization, its creators claim. Facts of the history which cannot be found in official textbooks are published there.

Soon everyone will be able to find a document of a certain organization or pictures of "Dziady-1988" or "Chernobyl Way-1996" easily. A series of civil organizations and private collections united their efforts create a big Internet-archive.

Historian Vaclau Areshka from a public association "Dyjariusz": "We are collecting everything related to the history of civil resistance, liberation movement, and struggle for democracy, freedom and independence for XX-XXI centuries".

Head of the NGOs Assembly Siarhej Matskevich jokes that in case the BRYU will be forbidden or someone interferes with its activity, its documents may also appear at this web-site.

According to the estimation of "Dyjariusz" Chairperson Larysa Androsik, the web-site containing organizations' history, biographies of activists, has been filled by 1% so far. New photos and copies of documents will be added constantly. Everyone will have an opportunity to share a valuable item from their private collections.

Historian Vaclau Areshka explains the reason for creating the web-archive: "We come across the situation when a great number of documents get destroyed. No official collection, archive or library collects such materials systematically. I think, a better collection exists only in the KGB".

This web-site may become a useful aid to students-historians in future; hope the organizers of "Vytoki".