Dossiers
16 lives, from Ilya Ivanov and the blood-utopian Bogdanov to Lysenko, 'Doctor Death' Mairanovsky, and the men who made a country come apart.
Experiments
15 programmes and institutes, the human–ape hybridization scheme, the Sukhumi primate station, the poison 'Kamera', the telepathy labs, the 1948 ban on genetics.
Network
Who funded whom, who denounced whom, which experiment fed which, 51 people, experiments and institutes, 100 documented ties.
Timeline
159 verified events across world history, Soviet science, the West, espionage and every protagonist's life. With four guided tours.
Map
31 journeys across half the globe, from a steppe reserve in Ukraine to a chimp station in Guinea, and one general's road to the Dniester.
On this day
What happened today in the history behind Ivanov's Ghost? A fresh moment from the archive, every day.
The Reflex Game
62 questions across five difficulty levels, from artificial insemination to space monkeys. How well do you know the real history?
The Book
A historical erotic thriller set in a dying Moldovan hospital, and the documented Soviet history behind every page of this site.