KGB Empire: State Security Archives in the former Eastern Bloc

苏联共产主义垮台已经过去了一代人的时间，但我们对该体系核心机构--契诃夫国家安全机构--的运作的了解仍然非常零碎和不完整。该项目将通过对一系列东欧国家的国家安全档案进行比较研究，揭示其历史和正在进行的遗产。该项目有两个重点，包括档案中的历史工作-使用档案文件来促进我们对社会主义后期安全机构如何运作的理解;以及档案的历史工作-调查这些档案在该地区今天如何被使用和滥用。

A generation has passed since the fall of Soviet communism, and yet our knowledge about the functioning of the institution at the heart of that system—the chekist state security apparatus—remains highly fragmentary and incomplete. This project will shed light on its history and ongoing legacy through a comparative study of state security archives across a range of East European countries. The project has a double focus, comprising historical work in the archives—using archival documents to advance our understanding of how the security apparatus operated during the late socialist period; and historical work on the archives—investigating how these archives are being used and misused in the region today.