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30.10.2003. Commemoration Day for the victims of political reprisals


At 10 am the scientific conference "Man and fate in the 20th century" was opened at the Krasnoyarsk Museum Complex of Culture and History.


Together with the scientists – V. Gordeewa, schoolgirl from Balachta


And at the same time "Memorial" gives a lecture on "Camps in the Krasnoyrask Region" at the Secondary School No. 4

 
At 4 pm a folklore group performs the Cossack song "Black Raven" and an exhibition of the same title, devoted to oppressed Cossacks, is being opened
Details here.


The initiator of the exhibition, the deputy chairman of the Krasnoyarsk "Memorial" Society, Vladimir Sirotinin


The hall was full.


At 5 pm the book "Prisoners of the ALZHIR" was handed over to children of former inmates of the ALZHIR camp, the "Akmolinsk camp for the wives of traitors to the country". This ceremony took place in the movie lecture room of the Krasnoyarsk Museum Complex of Culture and History

 
Afterwards a great number of people gathered outside (unfortunately, due to the darkness, the quality of the photos taken on this occasion is not sufficient), and then - tiny rafts with burning candles were floating on the river

Of course, this is not yet all that happened in Krasnoyarsk on the 30th of October, and there are also some more events in which the Krasnoyarsk "Memorialists" took place.

In memory of G.I. Troshin the P.A. Krasikov Museum opened the Exhibition "The Silent Sounds of an Enchanting Music"; the pupils of the School No. 64 were invited to take part in this event. G.I. Troshin's daughter Marina Georgievna Volkova, member of the Krasnoyarsk "Memorial" was also present.

And in the Museum of Local History and Geography they opened an exhibition devoted to Vera Balandinaya and her son, the famous academician A.A. Balandin, former prisoner of the NorilLag.

Before long we will give a complete report about the activities on the 30th of October in Krasnojarsk.


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