Powerful symbol of the Gulag history.
The massive stone was brought here 30 years ago from the Solovki camp up north by activists of the Memorial movement. It is intended to represent both the heavy weight of loss and the steadfast solidary effort of memory.
Every year on the 29th of October people come here, in front of the KGB/FSB headquarters, to read aloud the names of Stalin's terror victims, one or two names each, in an impressive ritual of rememberance that lasts all day. Thousands read every year, yet it will be decades before the...
Read moreNice place, most importantly the stones will make u surprised. The 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. The monument was erected in 1990 to honor victims of political suppression in the...
Read moreЭто место, где 29 октября, каждый год, собираются Люди чтобы почтить память всех невинных, уничтоженных в страшные годы сталинских репрессий, вспомнить имена погибших, поставить поминальную свечу и помнить всегда. Соловецкий камень был привезён на Лубянскую площадь с Соловецких островов, где во времена террора находился один из многочисленных концентрационных лагерей в СССР, СЛОН (Соловецкий лагерь...
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