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Russia shuts Gulag History Museum, fuels criticism
As reported by the editorial team of "Novaya Gazeta," under the pretext of a fire safety inspection, the Gulag History Museum ...
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Citing ‘fire safety violations,’ Russia shutters its last major museum dedicated to Soviet-era repressions
On Wednesday evening, Moscow’s Gulag History Museum announced that it would close indefinitely due to “fire safety violations ...
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Russian regions contribute scores of natural stones for memorial to Gulag victims
The square in front of the memorial will be paved with stones brought from the regions where Gulag camps and prisons were located. The opening of the memorial that is now being constructed at the ...
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Moscow Shuts Down Gulag Museum for 'Fire Safety' Reasons
The Gulag History Museum in Moscow has been shut down. Authorities claim the closure is due to fire safety violations.
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Rare witness to horror of Stalin's Gulag prisons dies
Vasily Kovalyov had survived icy punishment cells and beatings in the USSR's notorious Gulag prison system ... Alyona Kozlova, chief archivist at the Memorial documentation centre, said "I ...
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Russia shuts gulag museum in Moscow
Russian authorities ordered the closure from Thursday of Moscow’s award-winning Gulag History Museum. The closure was ...
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Wall of Grief: Putin opens first Soviet victims memorial
President Vladimir Putin has unveiled Russia's first monument to people killed in political repression under Communist dictator Joseph Stalin. At least 750,000 people were executed and millions ...