YURY BRODSKY sees the far northern Solovki Archipelago as a kaleidoscopic microcosm of Russia – its history, culture, nature, and spirit all brought together in one remote and windswept corner of a vast country. "The most varied people come here and they all need Solovki," says Brodsky. "It can change your world view. I'm trying … Continue reading Historian Accused Of “Religious Hatred”
BOCHKAREVA, Olga*
Court upholds Bochkaryova’s right to apartment
On Monday, 19th February, the Primorsky (Maritime) district court in the Archangelsk Region ruled in favour of OLGA BOCHKARYOVA in her dispute with the director of the Solovki Museum, Archimandrite Porfiry (Vladimir Shutov). This confirms her right of ownership to the two-room apartment where she and her daughter currently live: Bochkaryova does not own or … Continue reading Court upholds Bochkaryova’s right to apartment
Head of Museum’s disbanded Gulag section threatened with eviction
Attempts are being made to turn OLGA BOCHKARYOVA out of the accommodation transferred into her private ownership in 2011 by the Solovki Museum administration. On 1 January 2016, the Gulag section at the museum was disbanded and its head, Olga Bochkaryova, was dismissed from her post. Тhe present museum director, Vladimir V. Shutov, who is, … Continue reading Head of Museum’s disbanded Gulag section threatened with eviction
“I’m trying to finish what’s most important” (part 6)
Yury Dmitriev, "My Path to Golgotha" (conclusion) I first met students from the Moscow Film School, it seems, at Sandarmokh. They had come for the Day of Remembrance on 5 August. As it happened, one of the buses I’d laid on was empty and they travelled on it to the graveyard and back. They were … Continue reading “I’m trying to finish what’s most important” (part 6)
The Dmitriev Affair 