Research space

Program for July 9:

• 16:00 — Press tour for media

• 17:00 — Official opening of the space

• 18:00 — Lecture by Kyrylo Vyslobokov: "Searching for Information in the Archive. How It Works," followed by a workshop on digitizing and preserving family archives.

During the workshop, there will be an opportunity to scan personal archival materials. Please bring family photographs, documents, letters—anything kept at home that holds value for future generations.

The Research Space is a public project by the "Babyn Yar" National Historical and Memorial Reserve, where archival documents, books, and cinema become tools for exploring personal family history and the collective memory of the Babyn Yar tragedy.

The project brings together four formats:

• Archival Laboratory — A space for working with family archives in collaboration with Archival Information Systems, a company that implements the latest technologies for digitizing and providing access to Ukraine's archives. Here, you can scan your own documents, attend lectures, and join workshops. If you wish, you will have the opportunity to donate your digitized personal materials to the Reserve's collection.

• Film Club — A program of international documentaries on memory, archives, war, and responsibility, organized in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut and the French Institute. The selection is curated by Oleksiy Radynski, a filmmaker and screenwriter.

• Book Club — A reading room with a curated selection of literature on the Holocaust, memory, and identity. It will host joint discussions and public readings featuring historians Sofia Grachova, Anatoliy Podolskyi, and Yuriy (Amir) Radchenko.

• Testimony Space — A research and exhibition format centered around unique artifacts from the Ilya Levitas archive. Historian and researcher Yuriy (Amir) Radchenko will hold sessions to introduce the items and documents belonging to Kyiv residents who were executed at Babyn Yar.

Exploring one’s own or our shared history begins with a question. Come and research with us.