Report on the activities and expenses of the Krasnoyarsk „Memorial“ Organization in 2008

Perpetuation of the memory of victims of political repressions.

• In close cooperation with the regional administration the sixth volume of the Book of Memory in commemoration of the victims of political repressions in the  Krasnoyarsk Territory was published. The preparation of the seventh volume has is  finished. The eighth volume is already being worked on.
• Enlargement of the internet data base to 75000 individuals. It can be looked up on  the internet – www.memorial.krsk.ru .

Educational work . Work with young people

Lectures and discussions

167 lectures were held in seconary schools and institutions of higher education on the subject: “Relations between different nations in Russia in view of the Caucasean war. Patriotism, tolerance in today’s Russia”. 10258 individuals took part in the subsequent discussions (909 in Krasnoyarsk, 8803 in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and 546 in Yekaterinburg).

Furthermore about 10 lectures were dealing with the subject matter of “Camps in the Krasnoyarsk Territory”, “ Women in the GULAG”, “The Great Terror”.

Participation in a round-table discussion: “Lessons learned from history. The events in Prague in 1968”.

In line with the “Memorial” discussion project the following subjects were discussed:

• History and policy
• Terrorism and extremism – real and apparent threat
• Strange or different?
• The Siberian of the future. Who is he?

Exhibitions and presentations

• Preparation and performance of the exhibition “Twenty years later” abour the 20  years’ existence of the Krasnoyarsk “Memorial” Organization.
• Performance of the touring exhibition “1937” (elaborated and prepared by the  International “Memorial” Organization) in the premises of the Krasnoyarsk Museum  Complex of Culture and History. Meanwhile, its exhibits passed into the ownership of the touring exhibition fond of the Krasnoyarsk Museum Complex of Culture and
  History.
• Performance of the touring exhibition “Bratislava 1968” in the premises of the  Krasnoyarsk Museum Complex of Culture and History in line with the “Memorial” discussion project.
• Presentation of Andrei Vaida’s movie “Katyn” in close cooperation with the Polish Cultural Center.

Our exhibitions can be visited all over the region:

• “Nelidovka”
• “The arrested muse” – Graphics by B. Sveshnikov
• “Retouched history”

Competition: “Man in history . Russia . 20th century”

83 papers came from Krasnoyarsk Territory, 47 of which reached the second, 3 the third round. One of the papers won the competition.

30 papers were sent from participants in the Republic of Khakassia, 14 of which  were admitted into the second, 1 into the third round.

Three regional award ceremonies took place – in Krasnoyarsk, Shushenskoe and Yermakovskoe.

Publishing activities

• Editing of the book “All-Russian competition of history papers written by students of advanced terms – “Man in History – 20th century” – Papers from the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Republic of Khakassia”. The publication was realized by the kind support of the Mikhail-Prokorov-Fond. Print-run: 3000 exemplars. The book found its way into all schools and major libraries of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Republic of Khakassia.
• In line with the support programme of the administration of the Krasnoyarsk Territory “Harmony in the name development”, an omnibus volume of papers which won the competition “I wonderd about this person” was published. Print-run: 500 exemplars.

Expeditions

Fifth expedition of history and human rights, organized by the Yeniseysk College of  Pedagogics and the Krasnoyarsk “Memorial” Organization. Students of the history classes interviewed victims of repressions in the village of Novokargino. On the results a lecture was given in Kansk on the occasion of the Dahl lectures.

Archives

We created electronical photo archives of about 20 GB in size. Practically all photos gathered by the Krasnoyarsk “Memorial” Organization are now available in electronic form in a high-grade scanning quality.

Creation of an electronic film library. Practically all films which have been kept by “Memorial” in VHS or 35 mm quality up to the present, now exist in electronic form, ready to be copied. Number of materials on our website – more than 7800.

Publications

• 17.07.08 The little horse nicknamed Stalin
• 22.01.08 Maria Mishkina.A scandal was created in Krasnoyarsk due to certain paintings
• 24.01.08 Eduard Rusakov. Hunting for the witch
• 21.02.08 Aleksei Tarasov. Reds and Whites were painted over with “vochra” (wordplay between “ochra” (ochre) and Vokhr (Internal Guard for the Protection of the Republic; translator’s note)
• ??.02.08 Denis Chirkov. No man – no problems?
• 05.03.08 Death of a tyrant. Happiness, agony and hope
• 05.03.08 Igor Klebanskiy. A blood-red spring with cleft hope
• 13.03.08 For the sake of commemoration
• 16.05.08 History of a family – history of a country
• 06.06.08 Liudmila Dubakova. Novel “Trailing Lobelia” translated into German • 10.06.08 Reprieve commission thoroughly checks the conditions of detention of  inmates of penal colonies in Krasnoyarsk
• 01.08.08 V.F. Semochkina. People from Kuragino attending to local history and  geography visited Moscow
• 06.08.08 Maria Mishkina. “Archipelago GULAG” in miniature size
• 10.08.08 Aleksei Tarasov. Funeral feast at home or Samaya Kromka (a) name of a hamlet, b) in the meaning of: “at the ultimate edge”; translator’s note)
• 25.09.08 Eduard Rusakov. The sustained echo of civil war
• 30.10.08 Pavel Lopatin. Section 154 (§ of ther Criminal Law; translator’s note)
• 30.10.08 Mass meeting in Krasnoyarsk in commemoration of the victims of political repressions
• 30.10.08 Opening of the photo exhibition “August 1968. Bratislava” in Krasnoyarsk
• 31.10.08 Maksim Kochetkov. Events in commemoration of the victims of political  repressions held in Krasnoyarsk
• 01.11.08 Eduard Rusakov. No commemoration – no freedom
• 07.11.08 Aleksei Babiy. Dealth penalty between polar myths
• 07.11.08 Aleksei Tarasov. Stalin’s “Road of Death” to be revived
• 20.11.08 Aleksei Tarasov. A human being of premium class

Financial account

Funds were received for four projects in 2008:

• 200 000 Rubles: preparation of the sixth volume of the Book of Memory (financed by the archival agency of the Krasnoyarsk regional administration)
• 200 000 Rubles: edition of the book “All-Russian competition of history   papers written by students of advanced terms “Man in history. Russia – 20th century” – Papers from the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Republic of Khakassia” (financed by the Prokhorov Foundation)
• 150 000 Rubles: Project “Tolerance, patriotism, relations between the peoples in today’s Russia, problems with the relationship of peoples in the Krasnoyarsk Territory” (grant programme of the Krasnoyarsk regional administration “Harmony in the name of development”). The funds were spent for the payment of the lector, travel expenses and acquisition of prizes for the participants of the competition “I wondered about this person”.
• 53 036 Rubles: Project “Tolerance, patriotism and relationship between the  peoples of today’s Russia in view of the war in North-Caucasus” (first part of the project financed by the “Support” Foundation)

All projects were completed successfully. They were all subject to funding.

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