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Interview with history scholar Miguel Palacio, in charge of Public Relations for the Russian Orthodox Church. “The dream of the Bolsheviks – he said commenting on the centenary of the ‘October Revolution’ – was to erase Russia’s historical, spiritual and social experience, along with its national culture rooted in Christianity. But they failed to achieve their goal.” A long list of martyrs and a burdensome historical heritage.
This year, marking the weighty 100^th anniversary of the events that in 1917 brought Lenin and the Bolsheviks to power, thus the establishment of the Soviet Republic, is about to end. The celebration of this anniversary is marked by historical and emotional difficulties. Its symbol, which deserves focusing on, is the “Wall of Grief”, the national monument to the victims of political repression inaugurated on October 30 on Sacharov Street in Moscow by the Orthodox Patriarch Kirill and by President Vladimir Putin.  The bronze memorial bears the word “remember” engraved in 22 languages; its base is made of stones from former prisons and concentration camps, mass graves from all over the country. It should be noted that the monument is an initiative of the Federal Government, and not, as has been the case of other memorials to date, of civic associations. In order to relate to the feelings of those who are faced with the heritage of this tragic past, SIR interviewed Professor Miguel Palacio, history scholar in charge of Public Relations and head of the Department for the Protocol of the Saints Cyril and Methodius Institute for Higher Studies on Theology of the Orthodox Church in Moscow.

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