Deep inside Russia's forests, against the wishes of the authorities, 60-year-old Yuri Dmitriev searches for mass graves from Stalin’s Great Terror — until one day he is arrested and sentenced to 15 years. Following him closely, the film paints a shocking picture of the way the Russian state rewrites history and treats its citizens.
This panel will consider various implications of the March 22 terror attack outside Moscow for Central Asians and Central Asia, focusing on issues of migration, counter-terrorism, and transnational repression.
Join the Program on Georgian Studies for a screening of "Liza Go On" — a controversial film on the 1992-1993 war in Georgia's Abkhazia region — and a subsequent discussion with film director Nana Janelidze.
