Yesterday's event in Moscow, from 10 am to 10 pm on Lubyanka Square (photos - Alexei Koreshkov) This year 5,286 people took part in "Restoring the Names" a commemorative event held annually on 29 October (in 2007, the event's first year, they numbered only 263). People queued up to 4½ hours in order to read … Continue reading “Restoring the Names”, 29 October 2017
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Alexei Vangengeim (1882-1937)
According to the weather forecast, it will be warm and rainy today in Moscow, 4-5 degrees Centigrade. "So wrap up well, put on boots and a raincoat, and take an umbrella with you," suggests Memorial to the hundreds of people intending to take part in the "Restoring the Names" ceremony on Moscow's Lubyanka Square. In … Continue reading Alexei Vangengeim (1882-1937)
“Restoring the Names” — Why we should go
Every year, on 29 October, thousands of people gather near the Solovki Stone in Moscow to read out the names of those who were shot during Stalin's reign of terror. "We call on our readers to join them this Sunday on Lubyanka Square," writes the online Meduza website. (A photo accompanying the text shows speakers … Continue reading “Restoring the Names” — Why we should go
“Restoring the Names”, 2017
"From 10 am to 10 pm on Sunday, 29 October, we shall be reading out the names of the victims of political repression here in Moscow," announces an item on the Restoring the Names page on Facebook. "The Memorial Society has organised this event for ten years, ever since 2007. One after another, people will … Continue reading “Restoring the Names”, 2017
Remember Sandarmokh & the Imprisoned Historian of the Terror
"It is exactly 80 years since the killing by quota began of Ukrainian, Russian and other prisoners from the notorious Solovki Labour Camp," writes HALYA COYNASH for the website of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. "From 27 October to 4 November 1937, 1,111 prisoners were executed by the NKVD, including 289 Ukrainian writers, playwrights, … Continue reading Remember Sandarmokh & the Imprisoned Historian of the Terror
The Dmitriev Affair 