Talking Archives: Stories hidden among the papers
The project is funded by the Foundation for Memory, Responsibility and the Future© Zukunft Memorial e.V. 2025
This project shows that the world of the archive is more than shelves and dusty boxes; the archive is filled with magic, mystery, and hidden truths. The world of the archive is accessible to everyone, not just professionals. It’s interesting, engaging, and very important, because the archive is a first-hand account of history.
Most of the materials for this project are concerned with the history of political repressions and resistance in the USSR. That’s because the project is based on the archives of Zukunft Memorial, other parts of the Memorial association and the Center for Eastern Europe at the University of Bremen and has seen us working in concert with our colleagues at those organizations. All of them deal with the history of the USSR and the countries of Eastern Europe in the Soviet period. We hope that, in time, the project will grow to include materials that show historical memory and archival work in other countries and eras
Country Analytical Digests
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Discuss Data
Archiving, sharing and discussing research data on Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia
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» Duma debates (in Russian)
» Putin's speeches
» Protest in Russia
» Annexation of Crimea