Their Names Restored project (Russia's Books of Remembrance), National Library, St Petersburg https://youtu.be/kOyLi1s6SGo
Author: editors (JC)
Alexander Gelman (video)
Poet and dramatist https://youtu.be/sGbN-88YV9o "This trial has helped us recognise a remarkable man. It is a barbaric way of discovering good people, but in Russian society it has proved very effective. In this sense, the trial has done something worthwhile."
Pavel Uvarov (video)
Historian https://youtu.be/WSHtjDdmEy4
Anti-Stalin historian accused of paedophilia
A historian renowned for discovering mass graves of Stalin’s terror victims has been put on trial in Russia accused of taking abusive images of a child that friends and colleagues say are fabricated and designed to put a stop to his work (writes the London Times). Yuri Dmitriev, 61, faces up to 15 years in … Continue reading Anti-Stalin historian accused of paedophilia
British academics express concern
BASEES StatementThe Trial of Yury Dmitriev Yury Dmitriev is an exceptional scholar of Stalinist repression, and his pioneering methods of locating and identifying the graves of victims have helped him to make a substantial contribution to that important field of historical research. He is a senior member of ‘Memorial’. Yury was arrested in December last … Continue reading British academics express concern
The Dmitriev Affair 