In this article author says about the formation and developement of local history in BSSR in 1920s.. The study of local history was very important to the process of collecting and systematizing local knowledge for future touristic routes. The formation of tourism activity in the BSSR began with the development of local history, which in the BSSR was managed by the CBK under Inbelkult. The main means of communication between the management of the CBK and local history lovers was the magazine "Nash Kraj", which reflected the main trends and achievements in the study of local history at that time. Initially, special attention was paid to the study and preservation of architectural and historical heritage, but since 1926 a reorientation of local studies on "socially useful" topics were observed. Excursion routes were subsequently built on the basis of the knowledge collected by local historians.
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