During the period of political repression, a large number of people died. People of different nationalities suffered at the hands of the Soviet government. If a person was under suspicion of the slightest manifestation of anti-Soviet convictions, his fate became unenviable. In one Russian city, a monument was erected to the victims of political repression - St. Petersburg became the first city to immortalize these terrible events in the life of our country. It was installed in October 2016, it is also planned to erect a monument in Moscow.
History
The Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression serves to honor the victims of the brutality of the Soviet regime. On this day in 2016, the people of St. Petersburg gathered at various locations around the city to honor the memory of their family members, many of whom were sent to prison for lying and slander, or killed under the suspicion of Soviet rule.
In the Soviet Union, the criteria by which peoplelabeled as dissidents were rather vague. But despite the reasons, the monument to the victims of political repression was erected in honor of every person who suffered during this difficult period. These were people who did not want to give up their religion, farmers who had an excess amount of land, philosophers and writers suspected of anti-Soviet propaganda. In addition, a wide range of ethnic groups and nationalities were also subject to repression, including Poles, Germans, and Crimean Tatars. Any person who had even the slightest signs of anti-Soviet addictions was struck down by the iron fist of the Soviet regime.
Monument to Victims of Political Repressions (Moscow)
A new monument to the victims of political repression will be erected on Akademika Sakharov Avenue in Moscow in 2017. According to documents on the government website, Gos. The Gulag History Museum put forward this initiative at the request of President Putin. After this initiative was approved by the Moscow City Parliament Commission on Monumental Art in February 2015, everyone could offer their own design, according to which a monument to victims of political repressions would be made. According to official data, the memorial will be given the name "Wall sorrow." The state will have to allocate the lion's share of funds for its construction. A fund was also opened where people could contribute money for the construction of the memorial. More than 750,000 rubles have already been raised.
Sculptor of the monument of political repressions in Moscow
Vladimir Putin instructed to install a monument that will be created in Moscow toremember the people affected during this difficult time. In accordance with a document published on the government website, applications were submitted for the creation of a sketch, according to which a monument to the victims of political repressions in Moscow would be created. It was decided to make a memorial according to the sketches of George Frangulyan, a sculptor originally from Georgia.
Memorial "Wall of Sorrow", created by Georgy Frangulyan, will appear, as reported, on Academician Sakharov Avenue. The monument is planned to be erected next October (2017).
Frangulyan's other famous works are the statue of singer Bulat Okudzhava, composer Aram Khachaturian in Moscow, and the rich tombstone of former President Boris Yeltsin.
Who is the author of the monument in St. Petersburg
In the 1990s, memorials began to appear in memory of people who suffered and died at the hands of the Soviet authorities. The most famous of these is the obsessive work of the artist Mikhail Shemyakin, a prominent member of the Leningrad Union of Artists. He wanted to work without limiting himself, for which he was literally expelled from his native country. Only after a while he was able to return to his homeland.
Monument to the victims of political repression in St. Petersburg
The famous Egyptian sphinxes on the Universitetskaya embankment became the prototype of two figures that are almost invisible from a distance in the granite landscape of the Neva embankments in St. Petersburg. The monument to the victims of political repressions is best viewed close up. From a close distance, it can be seen that the sphinxes are strangely emaciated, with protruding ribs. You can see that half of their faces are bare skulls. What this means can be understood even by a person who does not have knowledge of those events. There is a shortage of goods in the country, hunger. The population is decreasing. And the government is concerned about what people think and say about it. There was a difficult situation. But at the moment, the consequences of these times are practically not reflected in modern life.
The upper pedestals of the two sphinxes are decorated with bronze plates, which contain quotes from famous poets and writers who were victims of repression. The volume bears the signature of the diplomat Raoul Wallenberg and others. Between the two sphinxes that adorn the monument to the victims of political repression, there is a composition of granite blocks with a window between them, symbolizing the window of a prison cell.
Number of victims of repressions
Several million people are believed to have died during the repression in the Soviet Union, which reached its peak in massacres and prisoner numbers in the late 1930s under the leadership of Joseph Stalin.
Many historians argue that the most extreme periods of Soviet repression, such as the Red Terror and Stalin's purges, were statistically the largest systematic population decline. Despite the Soviet rehabilitation in the post-Stalin years, the number of victims who could have been victims of repression is in the tens of millions, andThe number is still growing today. Many of the names of these victims have yet to be revealed. It is not just that they erect monuments to the victims of political repressions in Russia. These events should not be forgotten. Let everyone remember what Soviet totalitarianism is. These events should not remain aloof, grow into oblivion.
A large number of names, which were listed for the general public, were read aloud at memorials on October 30th. During the meeting, the lack of attention on the part of the state to this topic was pointed out.
