The periodical is addressed to the English-speaking readers. The aim of the journal is to fairly present the problems of the recent history of Poland and Central Europe under two totalitarian regimes. Each of the issues of the journal will be an interdisciplinary collection of studies on a selected problem in the history of the former Communist bloc countries. Apart of academic papers, it will also include presentations of remembrance institutions and museums in Central and Eastern Europe commemorating the period of war, occupation and Communist dictatorship. Review papers concerning publications in the mother tongue of individual countries will also be published.

The INRR is included in the European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS), Library of Science repository, Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (CEJSH) index, Index Copernicus Journals Master List, and in Polska Bibliografia Naukowa.

The electronic versions of papers published are stored in the repository on this webpage, and in the journal's profile in the Library of Science repository, the printed copies of the journal are obligatory passed to the National Library of Poland and other libraries entitled to obtain obligatory copies of prints as required by the Act of 7 November 1996 r. on obligatory library copies and the Ordinance of the Minister of Culture and Arts of 6 March 1997.

The INRR is enclosed in the list of academic periodicals published by Polish Ministry of Education and Science (identifier 501842) within the research branches 'History', "Security Sciences", and "Political and Administration Sciences". The number of research evaluation points allocated to the single publication in the INRR is 40. (more)