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The collection was created in the Ukrainian diaspora by the Smoloskyp Publishing House. Deeply involved in political and cultural opposition in Soviet and post-Soviet Ukraine, Smoloskyp built a communication channel between Ukraine and the international community, making the Ukrainian oppositional movement internationally known. In 1998, the collection was institutionalized as the Museum-Archive and Documentation Centre of Ukrainian Samvydav in Kyiv. It holds the most extensive collection of Ukrainian samizdat; Ukrainian diaspora periodicals; the collection of Ukrainian tamizdat (samizdat materials published abroad in Ukrainian, Russian, English, French, German and other languages); hundreds of photos of Soviet-era political prisoners and dissidents; the archives of several committees for human rights in Ukraine from the US, Canada, Australia, Argentina, and other countries.

Петко Огойски е значима фигура в българската културна опозиция срещу комунистическия режим. Писател и поет, историк, член на Българския земеделски народен съюз „Никола Петков“, Петко Огойски на два пъти (1950-1953 и 1962-1963) е осъждан от „народно-демократичната власт“ за земеделски убеждения, "вражески" текстове и за "конспирация". След рухването на държавния социализъм, Петко Огойски участва дейно във възстановяването на БЗНС „Никола Петков“, избран е за депутат от Съюза на демократичните сили (СДС) в 7-то Велико народно събрание, работи като главен редактор на в-к „Земеделско знаме“ (1991-1993 г.) През 1990те Огойски години издава мемоарната трилогия „Записки по българските страдания 1944-1989 г.“ – книга, преиздавана до момента четири пъти.

The Ukrainian Museum-Archives in Cleveland, OH contains a hidden world-class archival collection amassed over the last century. Founded in 1952 by Ukrainian WWII refugees, the materials document the lives and struggles of multiple generations against communism. The museum-archive took on the mission of preserving Ukrainian culture at a time when it was being destroyed in the Soviet Union, assembling a vast collection of books, periodicals, photographs, ephemera, diplomatic papers and other materials that document a century of struggle. This is a unique institution that spans international borders, but is simultaneously integrated into an urban American neighborhood. The collection is based in Cleveland’s historic Tremont neighborhood and attracts partners like the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine, and other institutions interested in digitizing its hidden gems.

The collection of incomplete investigative files at the National Archives of Estonia is an extensive, though partial, set of investigative files about people who were persecuted during the Soviet period. A significant part of the collection is made up of the files of persecuted cultural figures. The cases included in this collection were still open when the KGB was liquidated in 1991.