Documentary Sources on the Victims of Occupation and Totalitarianism in Georgia, 1921–1991

“Documentary Sources on the Victims of Occupation and Totalitarianism in Georgia, 1921–1991: From Limited Access to Complete Secrecy”
— a lecture by historian Irakli Khvadagiani

The historian will discuss what documentary traces remain of the mass political terror in Georgia during the period of Soviet occupation and totalitarianism — and the fates of its victims.

The talk will cover where these sources were stored, how accessible they were to researchers and citizens over the past 36 years, and what the situation is today: whether it is still possible to trace the stories of the repressed.

Irakli Khvadagiani, historian, PhD (Ilia University), researcher and chairman of the board of the Laboratory for the Study of the Soviet Past (SovLab).