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KGB Files is a project initiated by Ukrainian historian Eduard Andryushchenko. In it, he presents the fascinating stories he finds in Ukraine's recently-declassified KGB archives on a Youtube channel and on social media
KISS – neo-fascism, punk, violence Led Zeppelin – punk, violence Madonna – sex What the hell is this? This is a list of bands and singers banned in the USSR. The communists were convinced that music, fashion, films and,...
One summer day in 1969, three schoolchildren of about 12-14 years of age, were strolling in the woods near the village of Pyatykhatky on the outskirts of the northeast-Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Suddenly they saw that the earth in several...
Potential Russian interference in the US presidential election has been a top media topic several times in recent years. The archival document that we are going to read today tells us about the Soviet experience in such a case. This note...
“We must bring Finland to its knees.” These words of one of the inhabitants of Soviet Ukraine, along with dozens of others, ended up in an NKVD report dated 4 December 1939. Four days before this, the Red Army started a war...
First, I want to tell you a joke. Many a true word is spoken in jest. A scout should know not only the language of the country he works in, but also what and how the local people eat, what they dress, what books and music they like. (1)...
At the end of April, we observed the 35th anniversary of the event that has changed the world, and the consequences of which, unfortunately, will be felt for a very long time. It was the Chernobyl disaster. If you watched the sensational...
First stereotype: Ukrainians are very poor Some Europeans viewed Ukraine as extremely poor. Many Ukrainian refugees were surprised to learn that. “They perceived us almost like we are cave people who do not know and have not seen...
