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Meet the Author
"You were either a hippie or a member of socialist society"
with Juliane Fürst
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Juliane Fürst spent 12 years studying Soviet hippies for her book 'Flowers Through Concrete'. Based on interviews with eye-witnesses and research in KGB archives, she paints a vivid picture of a much-neglected movement. So who were the flowers that grew through concrete?
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Call for Applications
#30PostSovietYears | Phantom Pasts or Everyday Present?
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30 years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and socialist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, this digital programme invites you, young people with a biographical link to these regions, to reflect on your affiliations with the past and explore how Soviet and East European socialism(s) are remembered.
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ZOiS internal
Summer Break
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ZOiS Spotlight and our events programme are taking a break until the end of August. We’ll be keeping you updated on all our latest news via Twitter and Facebook. The ZOiS team wishes you a pleasant summer and looks forward to an exciting autumn with new events and publications.
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ZOiS Spotlight 29/2021
Never-ending Competition: Orthodox Celebrations in Ukraine
by Andriy Fert
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At no other time is the rivalry between the two Orthodox churches in Ukraine as evident as on 27–28 July, when the country celebrates the anniversary of its Christianisation. Against the backdrop of the ongoing conflict with Russia, this religious festival has also become a political statement.
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ZOiS Spotlight 28/2021
Difficult Conditions for Armenia's Newly Elected Parliament
by Nane Khachatryan
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After the rejection of the legal challenge against the results of the early parliamentary election, a new legislature is now officially in place in Armenia. But the fierce clashes between the opposition and the re-elected governing party raise concerns that Parliament is about to become a domestic policy battleground.
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ZOiS Spotlight 27/2021
The Legacy of Soviet Rock in Belarusian Protest Music
by David-Emil Wickström
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Music has been a strong mobilising and unifying factor in the Belarusian protest movement since the 2020 presidential election. By linking their songs to Soviet-era popular music, many of today’s bands are criticising the oppressive Soviet legacy prevalent in Belarusian president Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s regime.
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Due to the current pandemic we have decided to cancel all public events at ZOiS until October 2021. The ZOiS Forum and the ZOiS Research Colloquium will take place online.
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28 July 2021
Deutsche Welle reports on how certain opposition websites are being blocked in Russia, quoting Tatiana Golova, among others (Russian).
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21 July 2021
openDemocracy interviewed ZOiS researcher Tatiana Golova about last year's protests in Khabarovsk (English).
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