Izabella Tabarovsky

This piece explores Russia’s long history of antisemitism, alongside its current antisemitic disinformation and propaganda campaign targeting American youth. Tabarovsky also looks at Russia’s likeminded partners, and the implications for US national security.  

Antisemitic Propaganda and Disinformation in Putin’s War Against Democracies

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The official narrative of Soviet victory in World War II erases uncomfortable truths. Can Russians reclaim the forgotten human stories of those who defeated Nazi Germany?

Russia's Lost War 

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July 2017 marks exactly 40 years since the Photography USA exhibit came to my hometown of Novosibirsk, in what was then the USSR. It was part of one of the most successful hearts-and-minds campaigns the United States has ever undertaken.

Walking in Each Other’s Shoes, Through the Iron Curtain and Back

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Forty years ago, a group of young Americans traveled to the Soviet Union to serve as guides for the Photography USA exhibit, one of dozens of traveling shows organized by the U.S. during the Cold War. Here are their recollections, in their own words, of those eye-opening days.

“A Tribe of Exhibit People”: American Guides Recall Soviet Journey

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The discovery of her great-grandfather’s name in an online database of Stalin's victims led Izabella Tabarovsky on a journey to explore and honor his life, while considering the personal and national consequences of the silence that continues to envelop repressions in Russia. 

The Price of Silence: Family Memory of Stalin's Repressions

Nathan Farb

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Nathan Farb traveled to Novosibirsk with the United States Information Agency’s (USIA) Photography USA exhibit in 1977 and returned with several hundred studio portraits – a unique collection of images from a country that was United States’ greatest enemy.