At our exhibitions, you will get to know both the results of Gulag.cz's activities (expeditions, archival research) and a broader view of the topic of Soviet repression with its spillover into the present, when Putin's regime is once again imprisoning its opponents. Some exhibitions are compact and consist of a few exhibition panels, others are more extensive including works of art and other exhibits. Most exhibitions are traveling.
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Threads of Memories – The Destinies of Women in the Gulag (2024)
A new exhibition follows the lives of women in Soviet camps through photographs of handicrafts and objects connected to the stories of 26 specific women. It brings fragments of everyday life in the Gulag and includes several authentic exhibits. Some of the stories also have a distinct Czech touch. The first presentation of the exhibition took place on November 27 at the National Library in Prague.
More information about the exhibition can be found HERE.
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Putin's Cage (2024)
The exhibition presents ten selected cases of political prisoners who were convicted in Russia for opposing the aggression against Ukraine and other crimes of the current Russian government. The opening took place on September 30 at 5 pm in the "Valdštejnská zahrada" and the guest of honor was Russian human rights activist Oleg Orlov, recently released from a Russian prison as part of a large prisoner exchange.
More information about the exhibition can be found HERE
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Heroes in the Shadow of the Urals (2024)
They ended up in Soviet camps for protesting against the occupation of Czechoslovakia in August 1968.
In cooperation with the virtual museum Perm-36, we have compiled the almost unknown stories of prisoners of the Perm camps who were convicted in the Soviet Union for their opposition to the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact troops. In the 1970s and 1980s, there were several camps for political prisoners near the Russian city of Perm in the Urals. They held opponents of the Soviet regime, often dissidents from Ukraine, the Baltics, but also from Russia. Among them were at least 19 people who lost their freedom also because of protests against the occupation of Czechoslovakia.
We presented the exhibition at the NeverMore 68 event at the Prague Exhibition Grounds on August 21, 2024. More information HERE.
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Sandarmokh - where trees have faces (2022 - present)
An exhibition about the execution ground from the time of Stalin's terror and its discoverer, Yuri Dmitriev, imprisoned by today's Russian regime. The exhibition opened on August 5, 2022 in Prague, followed by stops in Brno, Liberec, Opava, Pilsen and Ostrava.
You can find details about the exhibition, catalog, works of art and past openings HERE
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Memorial against the war (2023 - present)
An exhibition about the current anti-war efforts of the Memorial Association, which faces persecution in Russia. The author of the panels is Lilya Matveeva. The exhibition was shown at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Palacký University in Olomouc, at the Masaryk University in Brno and at the regional library in Zlín.
Details about the exhibition can be found HERE
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Repressed art: Artists in the KGB/StB documents - online exhibition (2021)
The exhibition is dedicated to the relationship between art and censorship in the 20th century, and we participated in its preparation together with partners from Ukraine and Georgia.
The exhibition website presents 30 stories of Ukrainian, Georgian and Czechoslovakian artists and writers — ten stories from each country, and the website is available in four languages: Ukrainian, Czech, Georgian and English.
Details about the exhibition can be found HERE
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Andrei Sakharov — man of the epoch (2021 - until now)
The year 2021 was considered the year of Andrei Sakharov in the liberal part of Russian society. He was born on May 21, 1921, and his life still fascinates and inspires many today - from a nuclear physicist who participated in the development of the atomic and hydrogen bomb, he gradually became an important Soviet human rights activist, a political prisoner and a driver of social change in the USSR during the Perestroika period. His legacy is still alive today and extremely relevant in today's wartime Russia, which is once again heading for dictatorship. On the occasion of the centenary of Andrei Sakharov's birth, we organized an exhibition and conference dedicated to Andrei Sakharov in the Czech Senate together with the Memorial association and other partners.
The exhibition is traveling and since then it has also been exhibited in Brno in Kryt 10-Z (2021), in Olomouc at the Faculty of Arts of Palacky University (2022) and in Prague as part of the Never More 1968 festival (2023).
Details about the exhibition can be found HERE
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Different Wars (2021)
The exhibition compares the interpretation of different moments of the Second World War in primary school textbooks in six countries - Russia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland and Lithuania. Its purpose is to show different perspectives and views on history, which reflect the specifics of individual countries - both geographical, political and historical, as well as social.
Details about the exhibition can be found HERE
