Russia and Ukraine hold the world’s largest documentary collections of Communist secret services that ceased to exist in the early 1990s but once had been extremely powerful and disposed the future of millions. These documents cover the major part of the 20th-century history, including economic, social, and cultural life, various domains of domestic policy and international relations.
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Ihor Vynokurov: Ukrainians discover stories of repressed relatives in newly opened KGB archives
This undated file picture shows Soviet policemen standing guard in front of the KGB building (aka Lubianka) in Moscow, with a portrait ov Vladimir Lenin on it.
