The cultural life of Soviet youth was shaped by a constant tension between state control and personal expression. Through discos, dorm gatherings, and underground music, a generation found subtle ways to carve out freedom — and today, archives across the former USSR offer a rare glimpse into this hidden world.

This article pays tribute to John Archibald Getty’s groundbreaking contributions to the study of the Stalinist era, highlighting the key archival collections he worked with and the institutional logic he uncovered behind Soviet governance and repression.

This catalog offers documents from Russian archives on elections at various levels in the USSR across its existence, as well as Soviet intelligence reports on Western elections.

In this interview from 1987, Soviet archival officials discuss the changes in archival policies during the late Soviet period, shedding light on the reasons and methods behind the classification of certain documents.

Russian archives have been and remain extremely important sources, and as such they garner interest from researchers from all over the world. In this overview, we will shed light on the current state of play with Russian archives.

In 2023, sociological studies conducted in Russia and Ukraine provided a unique opportunity to closely examine public views on the current situation.

Despite the enemy image being created, it is impossible to ignore the millions of Russians who oppose the conflict. The question of resources for victory and the future development of Ukraine leaves room for assessing the feasibility of interaction with "right," anti-war Russians.

The purpose of the study, which essentially represents the doctoral research of Vladislav Aksenov, is to discuss the transformation of various strains of patriotism during the period of acute political crisis in pre-revolutionary Russia.

On January 6, 2019, in the Church of St. George in Istanbul, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed the Tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), including it in the diptych of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. For Kyiv, this marked a new page in history, but for Moscow it was a blow, a “split of the Orthodox people,” which, according to the Russian church, only Russia has the right to rule.

The reaction of church organizations to the war in Ukraine had a significant impact on the religious and political situation in the country. The attack on Ukraine exacerbated the long-standing schism and conflict between the three Orthodox domains, in past and present operating on its territory.

This article delves into the complexities and controversies surrounding Ukraine's nuclear disarmament efforts, examining the historical context, political implications, and the lasting consequences of the Budapest Memorandum's failure.

To assist you in comprehending your rights regarding source access and utilization, The Bridge has assembled an overview of Russian laws.

Studies show that during the war and after the war, the frequency of crimes is increasing. And in a period that can be described as "unstable" – which may imply, for example, a weakening economy or a cold war – there is often a surge in proceedings and arrests on charges of espionage and other actions that undermine the security of the state.

On March 17, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Hague issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.

“Russian people” (Rus’kii, to be more precise) are Ukrainians, not Russians. And so either Ukraine or Russia must disappear.

During the last year of war, only one trend emerged in the Russian historical discourse: the state and the people with historical training who serve the state trying to squeeze out those few historians left in the country defending an objective approach toward Ukrainian history.

Official and independent narratives about the history of Rus and a ‘shared history’ with Ukraine

Toponymy represents an important part of the politics of memory and reflects how the state sees the nation-building process. The toponymy of the current war has shown that Ukraine is focusing on today's heroes and Russia on tattered visions of the past.

The 2020 Karabakh war was accompanied by hundreds of reports on decapitation of civilians, murdering of POWs, rape, and torture.

Did Pashinian rig the elections? Does the drastic difference between the polls and results bare any similarity with unpredicted victory of Donald Trump?