Memorial’s exhibitions

(please note that the content of the pages which are linked to does not tend to be in English)

  • A series of exhibitions dedicated to repressed artists and creativity in the gulags (between 100 and 300 exhibits): Moscow – 1989, 1990, and 1995; Vienna – 1990, 1992; Amsterdam – 1993; Norilsk – 1993; Warsaw – 1992, 1994. Curator: V. A. Tikhanova

  • The documentary exhibition A Friendship Forged in Blood, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: 1939. 200 exhibits. Moscow, the Rusakova Workers’ Club – 1989. Curator: M. B. Gnedovsky

  • The documentary exhibition Katyn. 150 exhibits. Moscow – 1990. Curator: B. I. Belenkin

  • The annual documentary exhibition October 30th – Political Prisoners Day. Moscow City Hall – 1994-2008. Curator: N.A. Malykhina

  • The documentary exhibition Gulag: the System of Camps in the USSR. 550 exhibits. Milan, Italy – 1990. Memorial curator – N. G. Okhotin. A limited exhibition took place in nine university towns across Italy from 2000-2003. A collection of materials, illustrated by photographs of this exhibition, is available here in Italian. An interview with the curator is available here (the second item on the page).

  • The poster exhibition The Long Echo (Totalitarianism and Modernity). 11 modules. Brussels – 2002; Berlin – 2003. Curators: V. Y Dukelsky and N. G Okhotin. Reproductions of the Russian version of the exhibition have also been sent to 15 regional centres.

  • The poster exhibition Until Your Birth (A History of the USSR – Propaganda and Reality). 32 modules. Curators: V. Y. Dukelsky, N. G. Okhotin, and M. V. Sokolova. Reproductions of the exhibition have been sent to 15 regional centres.

  • The documentary exhibition The Gulag – the People of the ‘Zeks‘. 600 exhibits. Geneva, Swizterland, Museum of Ethnography – 2004. Memorial curators: V. Y. Dukelsky and N. G. Okhotin. A book of articles, illustrating the exhibition’s materials in French can be accessed here.

  • The documentary exhibition Tell Me Who Your Enemy Is (A Depiction of the Enemy in Modern Russian History). 400 exhibits. Moscow, Polytechnic Museum – 2005. Curators: V. Y. Dukelsky, N. G. Okhotin, and T. A. Yureneva. (Also available: images from the exhibition)

  • The travelling documentary exhibition Fate Under the Sign ‘OST’. 12 modules. 2005. Curators: A. A. Litvin, N. G. Okhotin. 18 reproductions of the exhibition and its accompanying materials have been transferred to various local offices. Material from the exhibition is also available on CD-ROM.

  • The travelling documentary exhibition 1937 – The Great Terror – 1938. 12 modules, 2007. Curators: A. A. Litvin, N. G. Okhotin. 14 reproductions of the exhibition and its accompanying materials have also been transferred to various local offices.

  • The poster exhibition The Repressions in Power Engineering: 1918-1953. Eight posters. 2008. Curators: A.A. Litvin, N. G. Okhotin. Copies of the posters were displayed in nine Russian cities at their presentations of the book Those Imprisoned During the Construction of Energy Sites (M: ROSSPEN, 2007).

  • The documentary exhibition The Gulag: the People of the ‘Zeks’. 500 exhibits (Copies acquired from the exhibition in Geneva, 2004). Falstad, Memorial and the Centre for Human Rights (Norway) – 2009. Memorial curator: V. Y. Dukelsky. A brochure, illustrated with photos of the exhibition, can be found here in English.

  • The art exhibition Times Are Not Chosen. 150 exhibits. Moscow, the Central Exhibition Hall of the Moscow Home of Artists – 2009. In association with several partner institutions, including the Russian Government and the Artists’ Union. Memorial curator: S. Y. Fadeeva. (Also available: a report from a private viewing)

  • The art exhibition Mikhail Rudakov. Graphic Artist. 1940-1960. 65 exhibits from Memorial. Moscow, Central House of Artists – 2010. Together with the Wellum Gallery. Curators: O. M. Rudakova and S. Y. Fadeeva. A press release from the exhibition can be accessed here.

  • The documentary exhibition The Gulag. Traces and Testimony: 1929-1956. 500 exhibits. Germany: Neuhardenberg, Weimar, and Berlin – 2012-2013. Together with the Museum of Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora. Memorial curators – N. G. Okhotin and I. L. Shcherbakova. A book on the exhibition’s materials has been published.

  • The documentary exhibition An Intermediary: The Russian Church and Soviet Power. 54 exhibitions. The State Central Museum of Modern Russian History, Svyato-Tikhonovsky University – 2012-2014. Memorial curator: S. Y. Fadeeva.

  • The art-documentary exhibition Albums are becoming rare nowadays…. 25 exhibits. Moscow, The A. C. Pushkin Museum – 2013. Memorial curator: S. Y. Fadeeva. A catalogue of the exhibition has been published.

  • The documentary exhibition Light in the Darkness. 12 exhibits. Rimini, Italy – 2013. Together with the Svyato-Tikhonovsky University. Memorial curator: S. Y. Fadeeva.

  • The art exhibition Unforgettable Names: Vera Kizelvater (1899-1982) and Viktor Toot (1893-1963). 30 exhibits. Moscow, Gallery Kovcheg – 2014. Memorial curator: S. Y. Fadeeva. A catalogue of the exhibition has been published.

  • The documentary exhibit Daddy’s Letters. Stationary Exhibitions – Memorial, Moscow – 2013-2014. A travelling version of ten map cases – 2014-2015. A book of the exhibition’s materials has been published.

  • The art gallery Tales of Two Cities. 12 exhibits. Organised by Memorial, the Jewish Museum in Vienna, and the Austrian embassy in Moscow. Moscow, Museum of Modern Art – 2014. Vienna, Jewish Museum – 2015. Memorial curators: I. L. Shcherbakova and N. M. Petrova.

  • The documentary exhibition The Right to Correspondence. Moscow, Memorial – 2014 – 2015. Curators: I. S. Ostrovskaya, A. G. Kozlova, and S. Y. Fadeeva. A book of the exhibition’s materials has been published.