"On 1 June in Petrozavodsk one of the most amazing people I have ever known, local historian Yury Dmitriev, went on trial," writes journalist Shura Burtin. "He is accused either of producing child pornography or illegal possession of firearms – it is uncertain which. [...] But this case began 80 years ago, in the woods … Continue reading “Gandalf’s Case”
Month: May 2017
New books by Dmitriev
A CD containing two previously unpublished texts by Dmitriev is now available. It was launched in the Karelian capital Petrozavodsk and contains The Fatherland Remembers Them and Krasny Bor. As the Social Information Agency [ASI] reports, the launch was organized jointly by the International Memorial Society and Anatoly Razumov, head of the "Their Names Restored” … Continue reading New books by Dmitriev
The Dmitriev Affair 