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The Archive of National Remembrance (formally the State Archive of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, or SA UINR) is the state repository for documents of repressive bodies of the communist and National Socialist totalitarian regimes in Ukraine. Its legal foundation was established by the Law of Ukraine of 21 May 2015, "On Access to the Archives of the Repressive Bodies of the Communist Totalitarian Regime of 1917–1991," which created a separate civilian archive institution under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINR). The Archive was formally registered as a separate legal entity on 25 June 2019, when it also received from the National Bank of Ukraine a 11,000-square-meter premises at Pukhovska St., 7 in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district (Troieshchyna). In 2021, the Archive became a member of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience.
The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINR) was originally established on 31 May 2006 as a central governmental body to restore and preserve the national memory of the Ukrainian people. Following political changes under President Yanukovych it was reconstituted as a research institution in 2010, and restored to its current status as a central executive body under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The 2015 decommunization laws substantially expanded the UINR's mandate and created the framework for the Archive.
The SA UINR is designed to concentrate documents originating from law-enforcement and repressive agencies of the Soviet era (1917–1991), including the Security Service (SBU), the Foreign Intelligence Service, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Police, the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service, and prosecutorial bodies. When fully operational, the Archive is projected to hold up to 4 million archival documents from these agencies. All materials are intended to be freely accessible to historians, journalists, and citizens seeking information about repression, family histories, and the collapse of totalitarian regimes.
The Archive's core mission is to ensure the search, acceptance, registration, storage, and use of documents from repressive bodies, and to guarantee the right of access to this information for all. A consultative center dedicated to searching information about victims of repression functions as part of the UINR. The archive's online portal at hdauinp.org.ua provides information about holdings and access procedures.