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Updated · Reuters · Apr 23Baltic States Protest Russian Removal of Soviet-Era Repression Memorials in Tomsk
11 articles · Updated · Reuters · Apr 23
- Lithuania and Latvia have lodged protests with Russia over the removal of memorials to victims of political repression in Tomsk.
- The dismantled monuments included stones dedicated to Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Polish, and Kalmyk deportees, as well as the 'Stone of Sorrow.'
- Baltic officials condemned the move as an attempt to distort historical truth and erase the memory of Soviet-era repression victims.
As Russia dismantles Soviet-era memorials, is it erasing history or building a new one? How can the memory of millions deported to Siberia be preserved when the memorials are gone? With the 'Memorial' human rights group now banned, who will document the victims of the Gulag? How will Baltic states respond to Russia’s escalating 'memory war' on their borders? Can a nation's identity be reshaped by pseudohistorical theories like the 'New Chronology'?