Execute or mercy. Are the heirs of victims and executioners ready for reconciliation

Karagodin Stepan Ivanovich.

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I am among those who believe the “case of Karagodin” an extremely important event of the domestic political and, which is much more important, civilian life (a resident of Tomsk Denis Karagodin investigated the death of his great -grandfather during the great terror in 1938, gained access to the archives and recognized the names of execution performers. - REPULIC ). Like many, for a long time I watched his investigation for a long time, did not really believe in his success and, I would not hide, sometimes upset when the theme of the posthumous court and condemnation sounded especially powerfully. And from the frequently repeated word "executioner", any layman always shudders. So, shy of the Monte-Cristic pathos, I missed the most significant: the word “name” in conjunction with the purely symbolic meaning of the condemnation of the long-dead precisely and forms the basis of the only possible cure of the people. Karagodin did not just want to know what happened (this was the most easily incidentally subject to investigation), he wanted to know who did it. Despite the fact that all participants in the events have long been dead, and revenge and retribution are impossible.

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