by Patrycja | Jun 12, 2026 | Journeys into the Past
Dzmitry Matwiejczyk The January Uprising (1863–1864), which swept across the territories of present-day Belarus, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine, radically transformed the lives of many people, particularly its direct participants and their families. Thousands of them...
by Patrycja | May 19, 2026 | Podcasts
Marian Mikołaj Jonkajtys from Szczuczyn was deported by the Soviets to Kazakhstan on 13 April 1940, together with his family. A month earlier, the NKVD had arrested his father. When Marian and his family returned home in 1946, it turned out that his father had been...
by Patrycja | May 6, 2026 | Podcasts
Andrzej Bohdanowicz, known as ‘Koń’ [the Horse], was a legend of Warsaw’s bohemian scene. He was born in the Vilnius region in a noble family, which the Soviets deported to Siberia. He died on 26 October 2021 at the age of 89. One obituary described him as: “A Free...
by Patrycja | Apr 26, 2026 | Timeline, To freedom
Pripyat 30 years after the disaster, public domain The 1980s were the final years of the Soviet Union’s existence. For the state on the Volga, it was a time of numerous changes and reshuffles, among the Kremlin elite as well. In November 1982, the long‑time leader of...
by Patrycja | Apr 13, 2026 | Journeys into the Past
Maciej Wyrwa Despite the passing of the years, many families are still searching for information about the fate of their loved ones who were persecuted by the Soviet Union. Numerous cases – despite years of searching carried out by, amongst others, the Polish Red...
