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)
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“Restoring the Names”, 29 October 2017
Yesterday's event in Moscow, from 10 am to 10 pm on Lubyanka Square (photos - Alexei Koreshkov) This year 5,286 people took part in "Restoring the Names" a commemorative event held annually on 29 October (in 2007, the event's first year, they numbered only 263). People queued up to 4½ hours in order to read … Continue reading “Restoring the Names”, 29 October 2017
Alexei Vangengeim (1882-1937)
According to the weather forecast, it will be warm and rainy today in Moscow, 4-5 degrees Centigrade. "So wrap up well, put on boots and a raincoat, and take an umbrella with you," suggests Memorial to the hundreds of people intending to take part in the "Restoring the Names" ceremony on Moscow's Lubyanka Square. In … Continue reading Alexei Vangengeim (1882-1937)
“Restoring the Names” — Why we should go
Every year, on 29 October, thousands of people gather near the Solovki Stone in Moscow to read out the names of those who were shot during Stalin's reign of terror. "We call on our readers to join them this Sunday on Lubyanka Square," writes the online Meduza website. (A photo accompanying the text shows speakers … Continue reading “Restoring the Names” — Why we should go
“Restoring the Names”, 2017
"From 10 am to 10 pm on Sunday, 29 October, we shall be reading out the names of the victims of political repression here in Moscow," announces an item on the Restoring the Names page on Facebook. "The Memorial Society has organised this event for ten years, ever since 2007. One after another, people will … Continue reading “Restoring the Names”, 2017
The Dmitriev Affair 