O 5 December, Memorial presented the updated 5th edition of its database in Petrozavodsk, containing the names of political prisoners and forced settlers who were executed during the Soviet period. The new version was being launched, noted ALEXANDER DANIEL of Memorial, at the very same time in other cities across Russia: Tomsk (Siberia), Syktyvkar (Northwest … Continue reading Memorial launches new database in city “where Dmitriev worked”
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The real reason for the delay at the trial?
On Thursday, 30 November, the hearing continued of the case against historian YURY DMITRIEV, accused of producing pornographic images. The court rejected the defence petition for the removal of the Federal Department of Independent Forensic Assessment from the case, reported Dmitriev’s defence attorney VICTOR ANUFRIEV. Anufriev said he had information that the Arbitration Court in … Continue reading The real reason for the delay at the trial?
Motion denied (twice)
The latest court hearing in the case of YURY DMITRIEV, head of Memorial in Karelia, took place at the Petrozavodsk City Court on Wednesday and Thursday, 29 and 30 November. After a month of waiting, during which the new expert assessment of the photographic evidence was supposedly being prepared, it was learned that the work … Continue reading Motion denied (twice)
Stalin’s long shadow
"In March 1953, after Stalin's death, the chief editor of the weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta Konstantin Simonov wrote that the main task of Soviet literature henceforth would be to understand Stalin's role in Russian history. He had no idea how right he would be!" writes Alexander Cherkasov. "It was literature that fostered the growth of interest … Continue reading Stalin’s long shadow
3 November 1937
Andriy Stepanovich PANIV was shot at Sandarmokh eighty years ago. He was one of 1,116 prisoners, marked for execution, who were shipped from Solovki to the mainland in autumn 1937. Born 1899, Paniv was a rural schoolteacher in Ukraine (1918-1923), a writer, poet, journalist and translator. Before his arrest, he lived in the "Word" building … Continue reading 3 November 1937
The Dmitriev Affair 