The contest over the form remembrance should take, on what date and in which locations is a crucial part of the Dmitriev Affair. At its heart lies the 5 August Day of Remembrance at Sandarmokh, which is inextricably linked with Yury DMITRIEV and a memorial complex unlike any other. For the last two years Dmitriev … Continue reading Dates Official and Unofficial, 2018
Month: October 2018
Moscow’s “Restoring the Names” (2018) in question
On Friday 19 October, the Moscow city authorities suddenly withdrew permission to hold this year’s ceremony in its traditional location, next to FSB headquarters, claiming that ongoing construction and restoration work made the site unsuitable. 29 October 2017, Lubyanka Square, Moscow For the last 11 years the ceremony of Restoring the Names has been held … Continue reading Moscow’s “Restoring the Names” (2018) in question
The Ordeal resumes
On Friday, 19 October 2018, the first hearing in Yury DMITRIEV’s second trial takes place. He will be represented, once again, by Victor Anufriev. At his defence lawyer’s insistence, both the charges against Dmitriev, the old and the new, will be heard as part of the same proceedings. Yury Dmitriev is re-arrested in June 2018 … Continue reading The Ordeal resumes
A place of execution
"They made a road to Koirankangas from Rzhevka. From our hill we could see clearly: a vehicle went there and then it stopped. A minute passed, perhaps, and then shots were heard. We avoided going that way. Everyone knew they were shooting people there. Murdered people were found there." Anni Arikainen (b. 1918), Kuivozi, Vsevolozhsky … Continue reading A place of execution
The significance of Sandarmokh
"Sandarmokh is a unique and complete investigation. It is enormously to the credit of Yury DMITRIEV that he gathered together all the documentary information and, as a result, we today know who exactly is buried here. <…>" (Irina Flige) Irina Flige In March 2017 Anna Yarovaya wrote a long article about the Dmitriev Affair for … Continue reading The significance of Sandarmokh
The Dmitriev Affair 