Forgotten or Remembered

28 September 201816 December 2020 / editors (JC)

"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

A third of the population …

15 February 201818 August 2025 / editors (JC) / 1 Comment

When YURY DMITRIEV was arrested, he was finishing work on a book that had taken nine years to research. It would contain thousands of names, he explained, in a January 2016 interview: “I’m now putting together a book that will contain the names of those deported to ‘build socialism’ in Karelia from almost every other … Continue reading A third of the population …

“We must be able to find something” (part 3)

14 February 201819 August 2025 / editors (JC)

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)

Can we expect a Year of Compassion?

1 January 201818 August 2025 / editors (JC)

"The past twelve months have been difficult and for many, and in many ways, it has not been a compassionate year," writes ANATOLY RAZUMOVSKY in a New Year's Greeting on the Books of Remembrance website. "In addition, it was a year of woeful anniversaries. "One hundred years since Russian history was derailed [October 1917], since … Continue reading Can we expect a Year of Compassion?