About the book: 2021 / June 6, 1945, on the territory of defeated Nazi Germany, occupied by USSR troops, there was The Soviet Military Administration (SVAG) was created. Tens of thousands of ordinary Soviet people who came to serve in this organization took up work for which they were never prepared, and saw an alien world that they never expected to see. SVAG employees, their children and household members existed in a special society - the “little USSR”, a miniature embodiment of Soviet laws, customs, foundations and prejudices. The book by Vladimir and Marina Kozlov is the first monograph devoted to the social history of this community, which found itself in the very center of post-war Europe. The authors consider the occupation of Germany as a unique experiment that gave rise to a violent reaction of the mass “Stalinist man” to foreign countries. During this experiment, the Stalinist regime revealed itself, exposed its supporting structures and specific features, and demonstrated to Europe the various human types it had formed. The monograph is based on a huge complex of SVAG documents, most of which are being introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kozlov – candidate of historical sciences, independent researcher. Marina Evgenievna Kozlova – journalist, historian.