sovlab - georgian effort towards rethinking the past
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Georgian effort
towards rethinking
the soviet past
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Today in Georgia
Organization & Idea behind
activities
plans
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Georgia wipes away its red past
If I saw Soviet symbols in someother country, Id conclude that thegovernment of that country hadnothing against the Soviet regime. MP of Georgia
Theres no need for the youngergeneration, or old people whosuffered in the war, or indeed all of Georgia, to have to look at imagesthat symbolize their commonsuffering. MP of Georgia
State attitude reflected
in a law
Liberty Charter
Today in Georgia
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Today in Georgia
As a result of presidential decree in April, 2010 a statecommission was formed to work on Georgian-Russianrelationship studies including soviet past.
A group of historians were involved in the process. The commission came up with a final report.
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Today in Georgia
The Museum of Occupation Of Georgia - featuresseveral thousand exhibits, including archive documents, photoand video materials, the protocols of dissidents'interrogations, orders for people to be shot or sent into exile,the personal files of victims of repression, objects from prisoncells, as well as files from the KGB and Communist Party
archives. Described as pure nationalistic propaganda . Space used as a victimization and over through of all the
responsibilities on the red army and the communist party.
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Founded in 2010.
Worked on various projects already.
Been featured in various media sources.
Working on fund raising for one of the big programs.
Work hard on social networks to reach out.
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Idea - VISION
The vision of Soviet Past Research Laboratory isa democratic and liberal values-based intelligentsociety, which is capable of withstanding modernchallenges and has flexible and adequate attitude tochanges; a society, whose primary value is each
persons freedom and dignity , where well-informed citizens consciously and actively participate inthe social life of the country.
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Idea - MISSION
The mission of Soviet Past Research Laboratory is to provide assistance in studying the Soviettotalitarian past and in awareness of political, legal andmoral responsibility for the Soviet legacy. The aim of the
organization is to create thought-provoking anddebatable environment to assist in thedemocratic development.
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Sov LAB
ResearchProgram
EducationalProgram
Public
Archive
ArtProgram
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Activities Red Terror Topography
The first project; Bringing together stories
related to mass terror intwo old parts of Tbilisi;
Encourage citizens to find
out more about the city; New educational resource
for the high-school pupilsand universities as well as
adults;
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Activities Calendar 2011
Extension of the RedTerror Topography project;
Attractive and simple wayof story-telling;
12 months and 12 linkedstories showing the
formation and shaping of the attitude in the societytowards certain people.Transforming from friendto foe.
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Activities Regional Platform: Rethinking the Soviet Past
The discussion space for
the core issues related tothe soviet past of Georgia; Capturing the stories of
the victims of sovietrepressions or their familymembers using oralstories;
Using the video materialsfor further research andeducational purporses.
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Activities Soviet Tbilisi
The collection of essays onthe stories from the Red
Terror Topography tour; Use of archive material,
press, oral stories, memoriesand several famous Georgianwriters to transform tour into
more convenient educationalresource; The virtual tour Soviet
Tbilisi representing thesoviet history and important
spaces and buildings relatedto the capital of Georgia.
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Activities Public Archive
A valuable and informalsource of soviet history;
The visual materialscollected from familyalbums and archives;
Alternative source for
researchers and peopleinterested in the soviethistory;
The unique material thatare in danger of beingdestroyed.
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Plans
Increasing the coverage of SovLab workactivities and projects; Make the Public Archive online and open;
Launch an interactive online map of Tbilisi; Continue capturing of stories from the
soviet history of Georgia