posts and pages "Judges" and Executioners [1]"Judges" and Executioners [2]"Judges", Executioners and ... [3] (forthcoming)Chukhin and Dmitriev (forthcoming) * The Great Terror in Karelia: A ChronologyExecutions in Karelia, 1937-1938: Locations, numbers & executioners
Month: November 2021
Those who did not return
“I would like to recall them all by name, but they’ve taken the list, there’s no way to find out” Anna Akhmatova wrote Requiem, from which this famous couplet is taken, over almost thirty years (1935-1961). In Russia the poem could not be published in full until 1987. Nikolai Gumilyov, Anna Akhmatova and their son Lev (1915) … Continue reading Those who did not return
Essential Reading
The Dmitriev Affair, 2016-2021 A full summary of the twists and turns of this by now internationally famous case was recently given, offering an analysis of what has happened so far and why. The following, all cited in that summary, are probably the four most important and informative articles and interviews about the case (each … Continue reading Essential Reading
He deserves a medal for what he’s done! [2]
The current threat to Memorial’s existence, alarming as it is, might have come several years earlier had the trial of a little-known historian in provincial Petrozavodsk gone as planned. Those who have orchestrated the sustained persecution of Yury Dmitriev no doubt calculated that the simultaneous assault on his reputation and that of Memorial could not … Continue reading He deserves a medal for what he’s done! [2]
Keeping track of the case
A new page has been added to the TRIALS menu (above). APPEALS, Aug. 2020-Nov. 2021 now follows TIMELINE 1 (1997-2018) and TIMELINE 2 (2018-2020). The CHARGES page has two essential reports that reveal much of what went on behind closed doors during the first two trials: Nikita Girin's long and informative article (in two parts) … Continue reading Keeping track of the case
The Dmitriev Affair 