Yury Dmitriev "My Path to Golgotha" Did I ever want to give up? Sometimes, when there was no food at home and work on the execution lists and burial sites took up all my time. By then I was no longer an aide to a people’s deputy. Yury Dmitriev (photo, Sophia Pankevich) I made some … Continue reading “It was all preparation for what I do now” (part 4)
Memorial
“We must be able to find something” (part 3)
Yury Dmitriev "My Path to Golgotha" "In 1997 I met Veniamin Joffe and Irina Flige from Petersburg Memorial at the FSB archives in Karelia. We agreed to look for the site near Medvezhyegorsk where executions took place. "Joffe and Flige were on the track of the missing transport from Solovki special prison. They began their … Continue reading “We must be able to find something” (part 3)
“Let’s cover them up again” (part 1)
Yury Dmitriev "My Path to Golgotha" "For me it all began in the late 1980s. I’d heard that people had been 'repressed', but, somehow, we didn’t speak about it in our family. It turned out later that my mother’s father was dekulakised and sent to work on the White Sea Canal. Yury Dmitriev (1980s) "My … Continue reading “Let’s cover them up again” (part 1)
Russia – Past, Present and Future
THE OFFICIAL VIEW “As Russia marks the centenary of the October Revolution, President Vladimir Putin has urged the society to end discord over the Soviet era,” reported the TASS news agency[1] on 21 December 2017. "This year, the centenary of the October Revolution, we have been seeking to encourage the society to abandon confrontation, to … Continue reading Russia – Past, Present and Future
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
The Dmitriev Affair 