Dr. Olga Ryabchenko is the head of the Institute of Historical and Cultural Studies of O.M. Beketov University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv. She is also a member of the Institute of the History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. She conducts research on the history of everyday life and the relationship between society and the ruling apparatus in Soviet Ukraine during the Stalinist era. Her stay at the OEI is part of a bridging fellowship for refugee scholars from Ukraine.