Programme for the unveiling of the Katyń Memorial at Gunnersbury, 1976. The memorial, bearing the year '1940' and a crowned eagle trapped in barbed wire, directly accused the Soviet authorities of responsibility for the Katyń Massacre and the Communist regime in Poland.

In a rather stirring display of the autonomy of British local government, Kensington & Chelsea Council continued to support the erection of the memorial in the face of direct interventions by both Moscow and the British Government.

⚡️Russian occupants demolished the monuments ‘’To the Victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Luhansk‘’ and ‘’To the Victims of Stalinist Repressions‘’ in the Ukrainian city of #Luhansk The monument to the victims of the Stalinist terror was opened on 8 September 1990 on the

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The fascinating story of how Alexander Solzhenitsyn's book, 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich', the first totally uncensored work critical of the Stalin era, came to be published. The book was published on 20th December 1962 in the magazine Novy Mir. All Moscow and

A view of the war in Indochina that is not heard so often these days.

Our new video consists of photographs taken by the NKVD, the Soviet secret service, of innocent people they were about to execute during the Great Terror of 1937-38. youtu.be/fdzhe1IgZtk

#UK’s #Royalengineers help #albania explore its #coldwar history.

11th August was the day on which Lenin issued this hanging order. Extract from our booklet, "Communism - a little book of facts".

An exhibition of modernist Ukrainian art from 1900 to the 1930s has been on at the Royal Academy in London. At the end of it is this poignant notice:

Today is the anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with it's secret protocol in which Hitler and Stalin agreed to divide up Eastern Europe between them.

Many activities and possessions have been banned in communist regimes. Sometimes they have been absurd like Monopoly in Cuba and sitting on a newspaper in China. But defying a ban could mean serious punishment. Here is a selection of them: museumofcommunistterror.com/prohibitedille…

“I’m sad I have to die. Tell my grandma, that I did what was right!” "Long Live Poland!” were her last words. 78 years ago on 28 August 1946 Danuta Siedzikówna, codenamed “Inka”, a medical orderly of the 5th Wilno Brigade of the Home Army was killed by the communists. She was

44 years ago, the August Agreements were signed in Gdańsk. This historic event led to the creation of "Solidarity," a movement that paved the way for the fall of communism in 🇵🇱 and inspired change across Central and Eastern Europe. A pivotal moment in the fight for freedom.

This is a terrific book. Highly recommended for anyone interested in Soviet repression. The often-used term "repression" is inadequate. We are really talking about deportations to distant lands, torture and mass murder.

The Hoeryong police chief was recently demoted and transferred after his daughter was caught watching South Korean dramas. #NorthKorea buff.ly/3XoEdWG