Ukraine, Soviet Population Filtration Records, 1943-1991
During and after WWII, the Soviet government created a filtration process to repatriate Soviet citizens who had been deported to Nazi forced labor camps or had lived under Nazi occupation. The files contain biographical information, family relations, oral testimonies, affidavits, pictures, and other documentation. The collection currently includes files from the Poltava, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, and Kropyvnytsky regional archives. This is an ongoing project that will continue to add files from other archives.
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Ukraine, Soviet Population Filtration Records
What is in This Collection?
During and after WWII, the Soviet government created a filtration process to repatriate Soviet citizens who had been deported to Nazi forced labor camps or had lived under Nazi occupation. The files contain biographical information, family relations, oral testimonies, affidavits, pictures, and other documentation.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are written in Ukrainian. For help reading them see:- Ukraine Languages
- Ukrainian Genealogical Word List
- Russian Genealogical Word List
- Russia Handwriting
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Person's name
- Gender
- Birthplace
- Age
- Event date
- Arrival place
Collection Content
The collection currently includes files from the Poltava, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, and Kropyvnytsky regional archives.
Sample Images
Inventory
Collection Details
Language
Ukrainian
Location of Original Records
State Archival Service of Ukraine
"Украина, Советские записи фильтрации населения, 1943-1991", Database. FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org : 21 July 2026.
