Mikhail Rogachov (died 3 January 2021) A sad loss. For years the historian Mikhail ROGACHOV studied the history of the Gulag in the Komi Republic (Northwest Russia) and was compiler, author and editor of the Pokayanie Fund's Book of Remembrance, Repentance: The Komi Republic's Martyrology of the Victims of Mass Political Repression. Between 1998 and … Continue reading Mikhail Rogachov, 1952-2021
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The significance of Sandarmokh
"Sandarmokh is a unique and complete investigation. It is enormously to the credit of Yury DMITRIEV that he gathered together all the documentary information and, as a result, we today know who exactly is buried here. <…>" (Irina Flige) Irina Flige In March 2017 Anna Yarovaya wrote a long article about the Dmitriev Affair for … Continue reading The significance of Sandarmokh
Forgotten or Remembered
"Recently, for one reason and another, I've visited different villages in Russia," writes Yury MIKHAILIN (an administrator of the Dmitriev Supporters' Facebook page). "In many of them there stands a memorial to soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War [1941-1944] and in almost every case it is not simply a monument. Names are carved … Continue reading Forgotten or Remembered
Over 300 supporters
On 20 June, appeals in support of Yury Dmitriev were broadcast by writer Dmitry Bykov and musician Boris Grebenshchikov on the Echo Moskvy radio station. On its website the radio station also published a list of several hundred people who have signed a petition in support of the historian. * In Petrozavodsk City Court the … Continue reading Over 300 supporters
Press conference, 6 June 2017
Soon after DMITRIEV's first trial began there was a press conference of his supporters in Moscow. Those speaking and answering journalists' questions were: Olga Kerzina -- director of the Moscow International Film School, godmother of Dmitriev's foster daughter Natasha -- 6 minutes Anatoly Razumov -- head of "Their Names Restored", a centre at the National … Continue reading Press conference, 6 June 2017
The Dmitriev Affair 