Anatoly Razumov “Their Names Restored” (St Petersburg) Yury DMITRIEV’s friend and colleague describes recent acquisitions by his Centre and work on the forthcoming second volume of Sandarmokh, a Place of Remembrance, that incorporates Dmitriev’s extensive research on those forcibly deported with their families to Karelia in the early 1930s: From all over the old Soviet … Continue reading “We shall go on, naming names” (Razumov)
RAZUMOV, Anatoly*
The Guardian of History
On 22 August, an exhibition opened in the Chamber Theatre («Петербургский интерьерный театр») at 104 Nevsky Prospect in St Petersburg about the historian and rights activist Yury DMITRIEV, the man who investigated one of the most terrible commemorative sites of the Great Terror, the Sandarmokh Clearing in Karelia. The organiser was Svetlana Kulchitskaya. She decided … Continue reading The Guardian of History
On the Eve of a Verdict
On Friday, 10 July, Memorial hosted an online press conference about the forthcoming verdict in the DMITRIEV case. (The moderator was Oleg Orlov.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAU6-EODQn8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR04-h2om2AoLu_N39nir9OLSSrAq6UwN5c05KK-pMDVnWRSOpT8Alqp75s In the absence of a transcribed and translated version of that event, here is a synchronic translation into English, ... with an approximate time location, of the remarks by Dmitriev's friends, … Continue reading On the Eve of a Verdict
A glimpse of Dmitriev
The hearing took place today, despite quarantine measures announced in connection with the Covid-19 outbreak. Yury DMITRIEV in corridor of Petrozavodsk City Courthouse, 23 March 2020 Supporters caught a glimpse of Yury Dmitriev as he was escorted along the corridor. To judge by his appearance, he had recovered from his sickness. "He looked well and … Continue reading A glimpse of Dmitriev
The Progress of the Trial: February 2020
“By 10 February, the prosecution planned, the final words by both sides would have come to an end and a verdict would be delivered,” says Anatoly RAZUMOV, a friend of Yury Dmitriev’s and a member of St Petersburg's Human Rights Council. “However, the defence had prepared two speakers for that day. Anatoly Ya. RAZUMOV, National … Continue reading The Progress of the Trial: February 2020
The Dmitriev Affair 