"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
Solovki*
“Total schizophrenia” (Video)
Writer Ludmila Ulitskaya inthe courthouse corridor on 11 October 2017. https://youtu.be/A5-1XjANWYY This 4-minute clip from the Meduza news website also includes footage of Dmitriev on Solovki, and speaking at at Sandarmokh on 5 August 2014. You cannot fool the people forever ... ULITSKAYA "This trial is of extraordinary significance./ symbolic. At the end of this … Continue reading “Total schizophrenia” (Video)
Solovki
Solovki, the Special Purpose Solovetsky Camp, was the first permanent concentration camp of the Soviet regime. (Its Russian acronym SLON spelled "Elephant".) Set up in 1923 on a group of islands in the White Sea, it began with a mixed population of left-wing political opponents of the Bolsheviks (Anarchists, Socialist Revolutionaries) and criminals. Its purpose … Continue reading Solovki
The Dmitriev Affair 