Museum of Soviet Occupation, Historical museum in Mykhaila Stelmakha Street, Kyiv, Ukraine
The Museum of Soviet Occupation occupies rooms of the Kyiv city branch of the Vasyl Stus Memorial Society at 6-A Mykhaila Stelmakha Street. Its three halls present themed stands and posters with photographs and documents, among them the cycles "Kyiv Martyrology", "Ukrainian Solovki" and "The People's War", supplemented by guided commentary and video screenings.
The museum was founded in 2001 by the Vasyl Stus branch of Memorial, an organization dedicated to remembering victims of Soviet repression. The collection has grown since then to include many testimonies and artifacts from that era.
The museum's name was adopted in 2007, when the Memorial society renamed its 2001 exhibition "Forgetting Is Not Allowed: A Chronicle of Communist Inquisition." Its three halls present themes such as "Kyiv Martyrologium," "Ukrainian Solovki," and a language exhibition on the repression of Ukrainian. Guides and a printed guide accompany the stands and posters.
The rooms are easy to navigate and well organized so visitors can walk through the exhibits without difficulty. A specialized library with archives is available for researchers and interested visitors who want to study materials in depth.
A large wall map shows the Soviet labor camps that operated across Ukraine during the Stalin era. This map is one of the most striking display pieces and shows the geographic scale of this tragic chapter.
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