3 November 1937

Andriy Stepanovich PANIV was shot at Sandarmokh eighty years ago. He was one of 1,116 prisoners, marked for execution, who were shipped from Solovki to the mainland in autumn 1937. Born 1899, Paniv was a rural schoolteacher in Ukraine (1918-1923), a writer, poet, journalist and translator. Before his arrest, he lived in the "Word" building … Continue reading 3 November 1937

Stalin’s victims not found; their champion behind bars

"Eighty years on, the victims of the Stalinist terror have still not been found. Yury Dmitriev has spent thirty years of his life seaching for them. Now he himself is behind bars," writes Steven Derix in the Dutch NRC Handelsblad (3 Friday), online edition. "“Commemoration of Stalin’s victims is too political in Putin’s Russia”, NRC … Continue reading Stalin’s victims not found; their champion behind bars