The Soviet government under Andropov and Khrushchev began to use such an instrument of repression as “punitive psychiatry”. At that time, about 2 million political prisoners, including Ukrainian scientists, artists, writers, political and public figures, were sent to special psychiatric hospitals. One of these hospitals was located in Dnipro.

A series of 8 documentaries covering the topic of 'Punitive Psychiatry' in the USSR — the use of psychiatry as a repressive tool against dissidents.