Yury DMITRIEV, renowned historian of the Soviet Terror, Head of the Karelia branch of Memorial and Russian political prisoner has been named one of the new Righteous to be honoured on the European Day of the Righteous on 6 March 2024. Yury Dmitriev (b. 1956) (photo, Anna Artyemeva) This is the latest of very many … Continue reading Dmitriev recognized New Righteous of the Nations
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On another front, pt 2
To judge by reports on the internet, the Day in Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression was not commemorated at the surviving memorial in Vladimir yesterday. Instead, the governor broadcast a sombre speech to the Vladimir Region; his words were illustrated by a monument in Siberia (Irkutsk). “Remember us all, O Motherland, innocent victims. … Continue reading On another front, pt 2
On another front (2023)
On 21 October 2023 it was reported that a memorial to “the victims of Soviet repression” had been demolished in Vladimir. Yet it was not the city’s only memorial of the kind. In 2021, a gathering led by the local Memorial Society and supported by city authorities was held on the Day of Remembrance for … Continue reading On another front (2023)
“People, do not kill one another!”
Entrance to the Sandarmokh Place of Remembrance(photo, Vladimir Spiridonov, 1 July 2023) The bas relief has been restored.
Perm-35 camp museum re-opens online
Camp for post-Stalin political prisoners (Also see the entry for neighbouring Perm-36 on Russia's Necropolis of Terror and the Gulag.) The fate of many of those imprisoned here was documented at the time by the underground periodical A Chronicle of Current Events (April 1968-June 1982): - Balis Gajauskas - Mart Nicklus - Vladimir Bukovsky - … Continue reading Perm-35 camp museum re-opens online
The Dmitriev Affair 