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november 2022

Russia’s Hybrid War against the Democratic World

Russia’s Hybrid War against the Democratic World

Published: November 15, 2022

The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, the Platform of European Memory and Conscience and the XXth Century Memorial Museum are organizing a conference entitled Russia’s Hybrid War Against the Democratic World. A Challenge for European Remembrance Policy.

On the Reorganization of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes

On the Reorganization of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes

Published: November 9, 2022

As of 1 October 2022, the highest body of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes approved a new organizational structure with six votes from the seven-member Council of the Institute and a new organizational structure within which the reorganization took place, in full compliance with the Labour Code.

august 2022

REMEMBER: August 23

REMEMBER: August 23

Published: August 23, 2022

The date 23 August 2022 marks 83 years since the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact – an agreement that pave the way for the tragedies of the Second World War. In 2008 this day was proclaimed to be the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism. This day should preserve the memory of the victims of mass deportations and exterminations. We asked our historian, Petr Blažek, about the history of the Remembrance Day and the events behind it.

june 2022

Historians visited partner institutions in Ukraine

Historians visited partner institutions in Ukraine

Published: June 16, 2022

Historians Anna Chlebina, Adam Hradilek, and Jaroslav Formánek from The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (ÚSTR) visited partner institutions in Ukraine. The main aim of the visit was to sign a cooperation agreement with the Central State Archives of Public Organizations of Ukraine (TsDAGO of Ukraine).

may 2022

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august 2020

Research assessment 2008–2018 completed

Research assessment 2008–2018 completed

Published: August 25, 2020

In the past 18 months, ÚSTR underwent an independent international research assessment, which focused on the first decade of the Institute’s existence. The assessment summary is now available in Czech and English on our website.

Czechoslovaks in Gulag website now in more language versions

Czechoslovaks in Gulag website now in more language versions

Published: August 21, 2020

We are launching English, Russian and Ukrainian versions of the Czechoslovaks in the Gulag website. It gives people in other countries access to research into documentation on political repression of expatriates (not only Czechs, but also Ukrainians, Germans, Ruthenians, Jews, Hungarians and Slovaks) in the USSR.