Iryna Kashtalian has been researching the history of Belarus for many years, and together with her colleagues, she created Belarusian Oral History Archive in 2019. As Lukashenka has been «rewriting» the true history of Belarus and «forbidding» horrors of soviet repressions for decades, in 2020 it became almost impossible for historians to continue their work inside the country. In 2021 Iryna moved to Germany and started analyzing political migration of Belarusians during the Lukashenka times. In the interview for FemMoz, she shares the challenges of living in exile and how Belarusian specialists in history always have issues to explore.

The interview was made as part of the project Femmoz – Empowerment for women in and from Belarus.