Moscow’s “Restoring the Names” (2018) in question

21 October 201814 August 2025 / editors (JC)

On Friday 19 October, the Moscow city authorities suddenly withdrew permission to hold this year’s ceremony in its traditional location, next to FSB headquarters, claiming that ongoing construction and restoration work made the site unsuitable. 29 October 2017, Lubyanka Square, Moscow For the last 11 years the ceremony of Restoring the Names has been held … Continue reading Moscow’s “Restoring the Names” (2018) in question

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

The view from above (29 October 2017)

31 October 201717 December 2020 / editors (JC)

Two last shots of Sunday's unofficial commemoration, "Restoring the Names". Someone took these and many other photos from the viewing platform of the toy shop Detsky Mir across Lubyanka Square (see https://www.facebook.com/Memorial.International/?hc_ref=ARRrH5pwXB-ynweSTfLoh5aK8Fk6QbY_9HGh--pFEZODZ3krh5kAP4Sstx-Ym4P7-oY) Behind the hoardings stands the pre-Revolutionary Polytechnical Museum, where lectures were read and poetry recitals were given — by Vladimir Mayakovsky and Osip … Continue reading The view from above (29 October 2017)