LPSR Valsts drošības komitejas zinātniskās izpētes komisija

Control and repressions of the totalitarian society:
research of the documents and its methodology
THE TAKEOVER PROCESS OF THE DOCUMENTS OF THE KGB
OF THE USSR AND THE LSSR
Dr. hist. Ainārs Bambals
Member of the Government Commission for KGB Research
Leading researcher of
the Institute of Latvian History of the University of Latvia
The aim of this report is to both research and analyze
the takeover process for the documents of the KGB of the
USSR and the LSSR.
The following aspects establish the topicality of the
research.
Firstly, the LSSR KGB document collection has only
been preserved in part; the takeover process for the
documents has not been transparent. There is no
information on what kind of documents, how many, and
whether due care was taken by the responsible institutions.
During the period from September 1991 until the end of
1993, the documents of the LSSR KGB were divided among
the following institutions: the State Archive of Latvia, the
Public Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Latvia, the
Supreme Council, the Center for the Documentation of the
Consequences of Totalitarianism, the Ministry of the Interior,
and the Latvian Police Academy. 6 Previous research has not
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Bambals, Ainārs, “Valsts Drošības komitejas arhīva mantojums Latvijā,
Latvijas Vēsture, No. 4 (56), 2004, pp. 61–65.
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