“Light in the darkness” (II)

19 July 202014 December 2020 / editors (JC)

On Wednesday, 22 July at 2.30 pm (Moscow Time), Judge Merkov will announce the verdict in the Dmitriev case at the Petrozavodsk City Court. Yury DMITRIEV was arrested in December 2016 and has spent most of the time since then in prison. As shown by The Search for Sandarmokh, a book published last year, the … Continue reading “Light in the darkness” (II)

End of the Trial in sight

30 June 202013 December 2020 / editors (JC)

Next week, it is expected, the present trial of Yury Dmitriev will come to an end. There are to be an exceptional four consecutive days of hearings between 4 and 7 July. The validity of the charges will be decided in court. Beyond the courtroom many other matters are of general concern. One is the … Continue reading End of the Trial in sight

Punished for memorialising Sandarmokh

29 January 202015 December 2020 / editors (JC)

Russian historian Yury DMITRIEV turned 64 on 28 January 2020. It was his third birthday detained on charges that bear no scrutiny, and, writes Halya Coynash, his arrest coincided with the beginnings of a campaign to rewrite the history of one of the darkest pages of the Soviet Terror – the mass killing by quota … Continue reading Punished for memorialising Sandarmokh

Film school put up new plaques as excavations continued

13 November 201913 December 2020 / editors (JC)

On 19 August 2019, when the barbarous excavations of the Military History Society were well under way, a large group of students from the Moscow International Film School arrived at Sandormokh. They brought with them 16 unique plaques they had made themselves, listing those shot and buried there, from first Solovki transport and the prisoners … Continue reading Film school put up new plaques as excavations continued

The Search for Sandormokh (contd)

5 October 201913 December 2020 / editors (JC) / 1 Comment

SOLOVKI From a list to biographies To compile biographical profiles and confirm the information they contained we sent questionnaires to those regions in the USSR where the prisoners on Solovki had been arrested and sentenced. Meanwhile, we engaged in more active communication with the family members who took a keen and constant interest in our … Continue reading The Search for Sandormokh (contd)