In the weeks since the July verdict in Yury DMITRIEV's trial we have learned more about the nature of the evidence and the tactics of the investigators and prosecution than in all the preceding months, from October 2018 and July 2020. In “What We’ve Uncovered”, two long articles published in July by Novaya gazeta, Nikita … Continue reading Further Revelations
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A Story for Natasha (film)
A short animated film made by Alexandra (Sasha) Kononova for her friend Yury DMITRIEV's foster daughter Natasha. Under present circumstances, sadly, they are no longer in touch. https://youtu.be/g5qkLIxTa5w A Story for Natasha (7 minutes long) The film, made by animators Sasha and Yury Mikhailin, has been entered for the ArtDocFest festival in Riga (Latvia).
Restoring the Names (2)
Since the late 1980s volunteers all over Russia and other former Soviet republics have compiled lists naming the men and women arrested, imprisoned and shot during Stalin’s time, and published regional Books of Remembrance about them. Working with Ivan Chukhin, Yury DMITRIEV compiled such a volume for Karelia. Published in 2002, it contains over 14,000 … Continue reading Restoring the Names (2)
The Guardian of History
On 22 August, an exhibition opened in the Chamber Theatre («Петербургский интерьерный театр») at 104 Nevsky Prospect in St Petersburg about the historian and rights activist Yury DMITRIEV, the man who investigated one of the most terrible commemorative sites of the Great Terror, the Sandarmokh Clearing in Karelia. The organiser was Svetlana Kulchitskaya. She decided … Continue reading The Guardian of History
Wednesday, 5 August 2020. Sandarmokh
Some photos taken at Sandarmokh by Svetlana Kulchitskaya. The images show: Irina FLIGE laying carnations on a collective memorial; a plaque commemorating Pyotr Didushok-Gelmer (1889-1937 shot); a stone bearing the words "Do not forget these Swedes!"; a plaque commemorating Xenia Djikayeva (1902-1937 shot); and a view of part of the memorial complex.
The Dmitriev Affair 