Russia recalled victims of Soviet repressions

In Russia today, the annual action "Return of names" dedicated to the victims of political repressions takes place.

Since 2007, people came to the Solovetsky stone near the FSB main building in Moscow and, defending a long line, replacing each other, from 10 a.m. to 10 pm they read the names of those who died during the years of Soviet terror. This year, like 2020, due to the pandemic, the action takes place in online format.

At the same time, in the International Society "Memorial", recognized by the Russian authorities, the "foreign agent" did not completely abandon the public format. Human rights activists called on the participants of the event to choose a historical or symbolic place and record a video that are broadcast on October 29 on the website of the “Statement of Names” campaign.

There is still no accurate data on the number of victims of repression, the peak of which was in the 1930s. According to the Memorial society, we are talking about at least 12 million people, according to the Gulag Museum of History - about 20 million, over a million people were shot .