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The Virtual Museum of Soviet Repression in Belarus is a non-commercial project of oral history from historians and other scientists from Belarus. Created as a Virtual museum it covers Soviet repression in Belarus, focusing on the years 1922-1953.

Background
The Virtual Museum of Soviet Repression in Belarus is a civil society project from Belarus established in 2007. The museum is only available online, there is currently no physical exhibition of the material existing.

Content
The museum operates with an approach of oral history by presenting recordings of inhabitants of Belarus who report on their personal experiences with Repression during the Soviet time. By this the museum covers a part of Belarusian history which is mainly excluded from current Belarusian official historiography.



The content of the exhibition consists of recordings of audio- and video-recollections, photos and documents connected with repression in Belarus. Also a chronicle of the repression in Belarus and some historical articles are included.

The museum currently offers seven showrooms:
 * Soviet myths
 * Chronology of repression
 * Victims of repression
 * The system of repression
 * Anti-Soviet resistance
 * Rehabilitation
 * Commemorative culture

Amongst the museum's special features are besides the narrative interviews inter alia interactive maps of the NKVD in Belarus

Partners
Among the partners of this project are Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Belarusian Oral History Archive project.