‘Soviet Genocide’ Museum to Replace Shuttered Gulag History Museum in Moscow

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The Moscow Museum of the Gulag – the infamous penal and labor camps of the Soviet Union – is to be replaced by an exhibition on Nazi war crimes, according to authorities. "The new museum will feature an exhibition covering all phases of Nazi war crimes in the Great Patriotic War," the Moscow city administration announced on Friday, using the official Russian term for World War II. This is the latest measure in a crackdown on institutions that do…

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The Museum of the History of the Gulag, the Soviet system of concentration camps, will be permanently closed in Moscow and replaced by a museum dedicated to the memory of Nazi crimes, the city hall of the Russian capital announced on Friday, AFP and EFE agencies report. The new...

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Under Putin, Russia largely ceased its efforts to come to terms with Stalin's reign of terror. Now, the Gulag Museum in Moscow is undergoing a transformation. From now on, the institution will focus on Germany's war crimes during the Second World War.

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So far, the museum has remembered the millions of people imprisoned in camps between 1918 and 1956

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The museum has so far dealt with the camp system under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Now it is being transformed and is to "dedicate itself to the memory of the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people".

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In Moscow, the first national Museum of Remembrance for the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people was announced in the capital city hall. According to Interfax, the museum will appear on the site of the Museum of the History of GULAG, closed in November 2024 "for violations of fire safety".