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I Wouldn't Live This Life a Second Time | Generation Gulag: Yuris Yankevich

A survivor of the Soviet repressions reflects on the Soviet campaign to destroy the Latvian intelligentsia.

Betraying the Motherland | Generation Gulag: Valentina Vodyanitskaya

The KGB forbade Valentina from talking about her time in a Gulag camp. Today, she tells her story.

Pregnant in the Gulag | Generation Gulag: Vera Golubeva

Vera was 8 months pregnant when she was sent to the Gulag camps. This is her story.

You’re a Free Man | Generation Gulag: Andrys Ziders

Andrys and his family were among the 15,000 Latvians deported to Siberia amid Stalin's repressions.

Activists Protest Facial Recognition in Moscow

A group of artists and activists is using a low-tech method to thwart Moscow's massive network of facial recognition cameras: face paint.

Love at First Sight | Generation Gulag: Galina Nelidova

One moment between Galina and a young Norwegian man led to five years in a Gulag labor camp.

One-Way Ticket to the U.S.S.R. | Generation Gulag: Liliane Jeanne Monit

In the years after World War II, Soviet recruiters traveled the world, convincing those who’d fled the Bolshevik Revolution to return. Liliane’s father...

An Officer’s Daughter | Generation Gulag: Olga Shirokaya

Olga Shirokaya watched as Stalin eliminated his inner circle, including her father. Then, while her university class watched, the KGB arrested her, too...

I Was So Naive | Generation Gulag: Irina Verblovskaya

When Irina was sentenced to five years in a Gulag labor camp after Stalin's death, she still couldn’t believe she’d really serve the time.

The Dancer | Generation Gulag: Azari Plesetsky

Azari Plesetsky is one of the thousands who grew up fatherless after Stalin's repressions.