The SovLab Soviet Past Research Laboratory (Georgian: საბჭოთა წარსულის კვლევის ლაბორატორია) – SOVLAB – is a Georgian organization dedicated to studying the country's Soviet totalitarian past and highlighting its political, legal and moral significance.
[3] The organization was founded in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2010 by historians, writers and some descendants of victims to contribute to public debate about the history of Georgia in the Soviet Union.
[4] It regularly organizes events and exhibition, and has also published various books on Georgia's Soviet past.
[5] SovLab marks July 30 as a day for commemoration for the victims of Soviet repression.
[6] Next to its focus on the Soviet past, SovLab has also worked to document Georgia's first democratic republic.