Расследование КАРАГОДИНА
The Memorial database of NKVD personnel (1935–1941), a continuously updated resource, has become inaccessible following the organization’s designation as extremist by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
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The KARAGODIN Investigation method has been formalized as STEPINQUES
STEPINQUEST® is a literary, narrative, and investigative framework that can operate both autonomously and within other forms — extending them and introducing operational depth.
The framework describes the investigative “engine” in a structured form, enabling its application beyond any specific case, topic, or temporal boundary.
The methodology is formalized in the STEPINQUEST® White Paper, where its principles and structure are defined. A corresponding academic article has been submitted to an international peer-reviewed journal.
STEPINQUEST® is not a theoretical construct but a documented practice. The KARAGODIN® Investigation serves as its first implementation.
The framework is open for use, testing, and further development.
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KARAGODIN Investigation: Transition to a Methodological and Institutional Form
The KARAGODIN® Investigation (Расследование КАРАГОДИНА®) is no longer merely a personal or family-based inquiry. It has evolved into a structured methodological and institutional framework for producing, organizing, and presenting knowledge.
KARAGODIN® Investigation — White Paper by Denis Karagodin: This document establishes a structured conceptual, methodological, and analytical framework for the KARAGODIN® Investigation.
This transformation has been formally articulated in the KARAGODIN® Investigation White Paper, a foundational methodological document developed by Denis Karagodin. The White Paper systematizes the project’s conceptual architecture and presents its methodology, analytical framework, ethical principles, key terminology, and operational logic in a coherent academic format.
At its core, the project represents a transformation from a singular case into a reproducible epistemic model. What initially began as an attempt to establish the factual circumstances surrounding the execution of Stepan Karagodin has developed into a system capable of integrating heterogeneous sources — archival, legal, personal, and cultural — into a unified evidentiary and interpretive structure.
This transition marks a shift from narrative reconstruction to methodological construction. The investigation no longer functions solely as a historical account but as a process-oriented framework that generates knowledge through the continuous accumulation, verification, and contextualization of documents.
A defining feature of this framework is its reliance on primary sources obtained from official Russian state institutions, including the Ministry of Defense, the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Penitentiary Service, and prosecutorial bodies at various levels. These materials are supplemented by private archives, family documents, and independent research contributions.
The KARAGODIN® Investigation — White Paper as a Foundational Framework
KARAGODIN® Investigation
The KARAGODIN® Investigation (Расследование КАРАГОДИНА®) has formalized its conceptual and methodological foundation through the publication of the White Paper, which now functions as a foundational methodological and operational framework of the project.
This document consolidates over a decade of investigative work into a structured system that articulates the ontological foundations, internal logic, terminology, and principles of the investigation. It formalizes the project not only as an empirical inquiry, but as a reproducible methodological approach to the study of historical responsibility, institutional processes, and state violence, while also serving as a direct methodological guide for the project’s actions aimed at achieving its overarching objective.
The white paper now serves as a core reference point for the further development of the investigation. It defines the conceptual architecture within which both existing and future materials, analyses, and publications are produced and interpreted, and also defines and guides actions and operational models of conduct, including ethical principles and standards.
As part of this process, the white paper is integrated into the project’s legal and policy framework, within the section dedicated to governance, methodology, and normative regulation.
This marks the transition of the KARAGODIN® Investigation into a new phase of institutional and methodological consolidation.
The document is available here:
https://karagodin.com/whitepaper/investigation
The KARAGODIN Investigation (KARAGODIN.ORG) as ‘The Past as Action’
The KARAGODIN Investigation (KARAGODIN.ORG) is examined by historian Ivan Kurilla* as an example of ‘the past as action’ in his book The Battle for the Past: How Politics Rewrites History.
This text is a chapter from Ivan Kurilla’s book in which he discusses the Karagodin Investigation project. In the book, the project and its author, Denis Karagodin, are placed in the section ‘The Past as Action’. Kurilla shows that Denis Karagodin’s project has a deep system-forming, institutional character, with far-reaching institutional implications for Russian society.
The full text is published with the author’s permission.
The Battle for the Past
How Politics Rewrites History by Ivan Kurilla