Report: Nearly all staff at Moscow’s Gulag History Museum resign after authorities order conversion into memorial to the ‘genocide of the Soviet people’

Source: Verstka

Most employees at the Gulag History Museum — which authorities have decided to convert into a museum dedicated to victims of the “genocide of the Soviet people” — have resigned or are in the process of leaving, with the exception of administrative and facilities staff, the outlet Verstka reported on April 13, citing a source.

All museum objects from the previous exhibition have already been removed from the building, the source told the outlet, and part of the collection has been packed for transport. Where the items will be taken is unknown.

The updated museum had been planned to open in time for the Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of the Soviet People on April 19. The working target date, however, is now June 22 — the anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War, as the Soviet front of the Second World War is known in Russia.

Moscow’s city government announced in February that the Gulag History Museum would be renamed the Museum of Memory of the Victims of the “Genocide of the Soviet People.”

Nadezhda Prepodobnaya, deputy head of Moscow’s Culture Department, said at a staff meeting on February 20 that the museum planned to draw parallels between the “genocide of the Soviet people” and what is happening “on the battlefields” during the full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, Verstka reported. “Unfortunately, all the facts suggest that we have not yet fully defeated the genocide,” she said.

At Meduza, we are committed to transparency about our use of artificial intelligence in the newsroom. The story you’re reading was written by one of our living, breathing journalists and translated from Russian using an AI model configured to follow our strict editorial standards. This translation process is the result of extensive testing and refinements to ensure our English-language coverage is timely and accurate. A Meduza editor reviews every draft before publication.

If you find any errors in this translation, please contact us at reports@meduza.io.

To read Meduza’s exclusive content in English, please subscribe to our newsletter.

Why is it
important
to support
Meduza
now?Read here

Report: Nearly all staff at Moscow’s Gulag History Museum resign after authorities order conversion into memorial to the ‘genocide of the Soviet people’

{{ header_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{#is_light}}{{ title }} {{ second_title }}{{/is_light}}{{^is_light}}{{ title }} {{ second_title }}{{/is_light}}

{{ title }}

{{ title }}

{{ title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }}

{{ second_title }}

Report: Nearly all staff at Moscow’s Gulag History Museum resign after authorities order conversion into memorial to the ‘genocide of the Soviet people’

{{{ alt }}}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{#is_light}}{{ title }} {{ second_title }}{{/is_light}}{{^is_light}}{{ title }} {{ second_title }}{{/is_light}}

{{ title }}

{{ title }}

{{ title }}

{{ title }} {{ second_title }}

{{ title }}

{{ second_title }}