Memory and Disinformation Studies

14 May 2012

Soganlughi - A Place of Mass Executions

One of the most painful pages of the history of our country is the “Great Terror” of 1937-1938. The repressions of 1930’s affected tens of thousands Georgians and barely was a family left not touched by this tragedy. The highest sentence for the convicts – death by shooting – was executed in several cities: Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, and Sokhumi.

30 March 2011

Archival Documents published on IDFI s web-site

On March 25th at the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation the IDFI unveiled to the public collection of archival documents, related to the Events of March 5-9, 1956 occurred in Georgia. The project was financed by the Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia and supported by the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation. Project was carried out by the IDFI expert team in cooperation with the Archive Administration of the MIA of Georgia. Direct

18 March 2011

Presentation of the Project - Collection of Archival Documents

Institute for Development of Freedom of Information will conduct a presentation of the Project- Collection of Archival Documents. Project Publishing of the Collection of Archival Documents related to the Events of March 5-9, 1956 was financed by the Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia and supported by the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation. Project was carried out by the IDFI experts team in cooperation with the Archive Administration of the MIA of Georgia.

21 November 2010

Presentation of the Project Publishing of Collection of Archival Documents

On November 9th, 2010 IDFI organized a presentation of the Project Publishing of the Collection of Archival Documents (financed by the Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia) at the 2nd Department of the Archive Administration of the Ministry of Interior of Georgia (former Archive of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Georgia). His Excellency, Gnther Bchler, Ambassador of Switzerland to Georgia,Deputy Head of the Mission Dr. Anita Schlchter Roth and the Director of the Heinrich B

20 November 2010

International Conference in Georgia (Kvariati)

On October 23 through 26 Adjara (Kvariati) was hosting the First International Conference Georgia in the XX Century: In the Files of the Georgian Security Archive. Topics such as:openness of the archives, archives of the Soviet period, archival document stored there and more importantly, scientific research studies conducted based on these documents, Georgian history of the 20th century, and history of the Soviet

21 August 2010

International Conference in Georgia

On July 17 the Archive Administration of the Informational-Analytical Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia was visited by the Director of the National Security Archive Mr. Tomas Blanton and the Director of the Russian Programs Dr. Svetlana Savranskaya. The director of the National Security Archive Mr. Tomas Blanton, the director of the Russian Programs Dr. Svetlana Savranskaya and the director of the Institute for Development of Free