Victims of political repressions remembered in St. Petersburg

01/04

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Flowers are seen on the Memorial to the Victims of Political Repressions on the Day of remembrance for Stalin's purges.

02/04

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A woman holds her hands on the Solovetsky stone at the Memorial to the Victims of Political Repressions on the Day of remembrance for Stalin's purges.

03/04

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A woman holds her hand on the Solovetsky stone at the Memorial to the Victims of Political Repressions on the Day of remembrance for Stalin's purges.

04/04

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People bring flowers to the Solovetsky stone at the Memorial to the Victims of Political Repressions on the Day of remembrance for Stalin's purges.

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People come to the Solovetsky Stone in the public garden on Troitskaya Square to remember victims of political repressions. The monument consists of a large stone brought from the Solovetsky Islands, the location of Solovki prison camp.