“The Wall of Grief” Memorial Opening in Moscow

The history of every nation has episodes that should be remembered through ages in order that they never repeat. October 30 is the state memorial day of the victims of political repressions. It was celebrated with the opening in Moscow of the first national memorial of political repression victims, the “Wall of Grief.”

Georgy Frangulyan is the author and the sculptor of the monument — a semi-circle double sided relief 30 meters long, 6 meters tall and having several arches. Numerous raising and soaring figures are in the center of the composition symbolizing fragility of a human life in the face of the strong state regime. Sculptured pylons with testimonies are put on the sides of the monument reading in different languages the word “REMEMBER.” The memorial was established with the support of the Moscow Government and with public donations raised by the Memory Fund.

The opening ceremony was attended by Vladimir Putin, President of Russia; Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia; Vladimir Lukin, Federation Council member, Memory Fund board chairman; sculptor Georgy Frangulyan; Roman Romanov, Memory Fund Director, GULAG History Museum Director; Natalia Solzhenitsyna, Alexander Solzhenitsyn Russian Charity Fund President, representative of the Memory Fund board; Pavel Lungin, film director and scriptwriter; Sergey Karaganov, honorary chairman of the executive committee of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy; Mikhail Fedotov, Adviser to the President of Russia; Elena Zhemkova, Memorial society, member of the board; and others.

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