History of the functioning and collapse of the communist system in Central and Eastern Europe is relatively* well known. But what do we know about the communist period in Caucasus countries? What was everyday life like for the inhabitants of the Soviet republics there? What was the course of the political transformation after the collapse of the USSR in 1991?
Krzyzowa" Foundation has just started work on a new historical project entitled "Transcaucasian and Visegrad Nations Common Memory - Occupants or Liberators? Democracy or Tyranny?", which aims to explore the experiences of Armenians and Georgians and compare them with Central European ones.
The project will run from 2023-24 in Armenia, Georgia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, under a grant from the International Visegrad Fund.
Krzyzowa Foundation partners are Post Bellum (Czech Republic), Post Bellum SK (Slovakia), Terra Recognita Alapítvány - A közép-európai párbeszédért (Hungary), Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (Georgia) and "Hazarashen" Armenian Center for Ethnological Studies (Armenia).
* We are trying to make it so.
