National Historical Archives of Belarus Minsk (NHABMinsk)

National Historical Archives of Belarus in Minsk (NHABMinsk)

Contact Information and Research Information

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ul. Kropotkina, 55, Minsk, 220002, Belarus
Tel:: +375 (17) 317 75 23; 379 76 92
E-mail: niab@niab.by
Website: niab.by/newsite/en
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30-17:30, Fri 8:30-16:15
Reading Room Tue-Thu 9:00-20:00, Fri 9:00-18:45, Sat 9:00-15:00

Director: Dmitry Yatsevich

Holdings:

Chronological scope: the 14th—early 20th centuries, parish vital records before the early 1940s

Geographical coverage:
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania -the former districts of Ivenets, Ilia, Krivichi, Radoshkovichi and Svir
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rzeczpospolita)
- Belarusian, Vitebsk, Minsk, Polotsk and Mogilev gubernias (provinces) of the Russian Empire
 
Historical records held in the Archives can be divided into two parts:
- for the whole territory of present-day Belarus—records of the 14th – late18th
centuries
- for the Vitebsk, Minsk, and Mogilev provinces of the Russian Empire—records of the
late 18th – early 20th centuries
- Belarusian, Vitebsk, Minsk, Polotsk and Mogilev gubernias (provinces) of the Russian Empire
 
Genealogical records held in the Archives cover the following regions of Belarus:
-The whole territory of Belarus within its historical boundaries - boundaries—records of the 16th –late 18th centuries
- Vitebsk, Minsk and Mogilev provinces within their historical boundaries—records of
the late 18th – early 20th centuries
- Vileika, Disna, Oshmiany, and Sventsiany districts of the Vilno (Vilnius) province (within the boundaries of present-day Minsk Region)—records of the late 19th – early 20th centuries.

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