Within the framework of the Academy of Young Genealogists of the Central Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Minsk, Surhanava str., 15), a series of author's lectures by Candidate of History Vadim Vrublevsky will be held on the issues of theoretical and practical genealogy, the process of searching for information about ancestors and systematization of the information found. A popular scientific lecture The Sphere of Genealogy: Features of Genealogical Research, which will be held on January 25 (beginning at 17:30), will kick off the events of the Open Days.

For those who want to get to the first lecture, registration is open at the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQAr5izVaWObEkgrhBRuM2EXkvgpfSi7cnJ-AGtQ9VBnzJnw/viewform

The main achievements in the field of fundamental and applied scientific research and the developments of Belarusian scientists in the most important areas of natural, technical and humanitarian sciences will be available at the book exhibition Belarusian Science: Innovations, Technologies, Priorities. The exposition will unfold in the lobby of the first floor, so that anyone can get acquainted with the contents of the books within the framework of the library's working arrangements.

Every Tuesday and Thursday (January 26, 31, February 2, 7, 9), the film Yakub Narkevich-Iodko Lightning Tamer, or «Electric Man» (project 100 Names of Belarus of the Studio of historical films Workshop of Vladimir Bokun) will be shown at the information and exhibition center. Sessions start at 12:00 and 18:00. The exhibition I Hope That My Work Will Eventually Bring My Modest Contribution to Science, dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the birth of Y. O. Narkevich-Iodko, a Belarusian natural scientist, will also be presented to visitors.

Professor Yakub Ottonovich Narkevich-Iodko (December 27, 1847 (January 8, 1848) — December 19, 1905) is a prominent figure in the history of science of the XIX century. His popularity in scientific circles was compared by contemporaries with the popularity of Louis Pasteur and Camille Flammarion in France, and some of his scientific research with the experiments of Wilhelm. Roentgen. His name was often found on the pages of Russian and European scientific publications in the XIX century, and in 1896 a book dedicated to the life and scientific activity of Y. O. Narkevich-Iodko was published in Paris. Scientific research of Y. O. Narkevich-Iodko were conducted at the junction of a number of areas — physics, meteorology, medicine and psychology. They were significantly ahead of time, which did not allow the scientist to fully understand and evaluate his undoubted contribution to the development of many sciences during his lifetime. The exhibition will feature some publications by Y. O. Narkevich-Iodko, books, popular science articles devoted to the life of a talented scientist, as well as the results of his experiments and an assessment of the main achievements of the scientist, both by his contemporaries and from the standpoint of science of the XX–XXI centuries.

Traditionally, on Open Days, the library organizes sightseeing tours and guided tours of the exhibition in the reading room of the Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts. Our guests will be shown the rarest editions from the library's collections: Western European books of the XV century (incunabula), editions from the book collection of the Radziwills of the Nesvizh ordination, Cyrillic editions of the XVI–XVIII centuries, Western European and Russian scientific literature of the same period, etc.

For more information and to make an appointment for a tour, please contact tel. + 375 17 379 27 06 (Mon.-Thu. from 9:00 to 18:00, Fri. from 9:00 to 16:30).
The Press Service of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus