ABSTRACT
Research into the Soviet and post-Soviet space has been strongly influenced by information made public since archives in Ukraine and Russia were opened in the 1990s. New materials, particularly those found in the files of the secret police (former NKVD and KGB) in Ukraine, have helped to shift scholarship away from revisionist approaches, and instead have highlighted Moscow’s responsibility for repressive policies and mass murder. This chapter shows, in particular, how new information has impacted research on Stalin’s modus operandi, the conduct of show trials, the Holodomor, and the Second World War.
