„JEDNO IMIĘ, JEDNO ŻYCIE, JEDEN ZNAK”. PRZYWRACANIE PAMIĘCI O WIELKIM TERRORZE (1937–1938)

“ONE NAME, ONE LIFE, ONE SIGN”.RESTORING THE MEMORY OF THE GREAT TERROR (1937–1938)S u m m a r yThe article deals with current forms of commemorating the victims of Stalin’s persecutionsin the spatial landscape of Moscow, which is instrumental in informingRussia’s sense of identity. The cemeteries, museums, squares, monuments, and plaquesinscribed into the architectural cityscape of Russia’s capital are manifestationsof a relationship between place and the man who experiences it, and, in the widercontext, between authorities, society, and the individual. Institutions such as GULAGHistory State Museum, The Sakharov Center, and the International MemorialSociety have all greatly contributed to honouring the victims of the Great Terror andkeeping their memory alive. From among numerous activities they engage in thememorial projects called “Material Evidence”, “Topography of Terror”, and “Returnof the Names” are particularly noteworthy.