Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions
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Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions , is an annual day of remembrance for victims of political repression in the Soviet Union.
It is commemorated on October 30, since 1991, in former Soviet republics, except for Ukraine
, which has its own annual Day of Remembrance for the victims of political repressions by the Soviet regime on the third Sunday of May.
Members of the Memorial society
take active part in meetings.
It is commemorated on October 30, since 1991, in former Soviet republics, except for Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, which has its own annual Day of Remembrance for the victims of political repressions by the Soviet regime on the third Sunday of May.
Members of the Memorial society
Memorial (society)
Memorial is an international historical and civil rights society that operates in a number of post-Soviet states. It focuses on recording and publicising the Soviet Union's totalitarian past, but also monitors human rights in post-Soviet states....
take active part in meetings.
Traditional meeting places
- MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
- Lubyanka SquareLubyanka SquareLubyanka Square in Moscow is about north east of Red Square. The name is first mentioned in 1480, when Ivan III settled many Novgorodians in the area. They built the church of St Sophia, modelled after St Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, and called the area Lubyanka after the Lubyanitsy district of...
, at the location of the Solovetsky StoneSolovetsky StoneThe Solovetsky Stone is a monument located in Lubyanka Square in Moscow, across from KGB headquarters. The monument consists of a large stone brought from the Solovetsky Islands, the location of Solovki prison camp, part of the Soviet Gulag system...
from Solovki Special Purpose Camp
- Lubyanka Square
- Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
- Levashovo Memorial CemeteryLevashovo Memorial CemeteryLevashovo Memorial Cemetery is a cemetery of victims of Soviet repressions during the Great Purge, at Levashovo, Saint Petersburg. Since these NKVD mass graves were opened to public in 1989 more than 22 memorials have been erected, most notably the Moloch of Totalitarianism Memorial by sculptors...
- Levashovo Memorial Cemetery
- TyumenTyumenTyumen is the largest city and the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River east of Moscow. Population: Tyumen is the oldest Russian settlement in Siberia. Founded in 16th century to support Russia's eastward expansion, the city has remained one of the most...
- Courtyard of the former NKVDNKVDThe People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....
building
- Courtyard of the former NKVD
- YekaterinburgYekaterinburgYekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
- Memorial of the Victims of Political Repressions
- Samara, RussiaSamara, RussiaSamara , is the sixth largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. Samara is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran within Samara Oblast...
- Gagarin Park