Head of HRC proposed to create a memorial complex at Kashtak in Tomsk

TOMSK, Mar 12 – RIA Tomsk. The creation of a memorial and museum complex on Kashtachnaya mountain in Tomsk can enter into a new concept of state policy to perpetuate the memory of victims of political repression until 2024, the Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov told reporters on Tuesday.

The Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights held a meeting in Tomsk dedicated to the implementation of the concept of state policy to perpetuate the memory of victims of political repression. Fedotov also visited on Tuesday a memorial cross on Kashtak, established in memory of those killed during the years of Stalin repressions.

"Now we are faced the task of preparing proposals for the government to extend the concept of state policy to perpetuate the memory of victims of political repression until 2024. A lot of things planned for 2020 are not yet complete, but we have to set new tasks. In particular, I proposed for the Tomsk region ... the creation of a memorial museum complex on the territory of Kashtak", – he told reporters.

He noted that the center of the memorial complex could become a large cathedral in honor of the Russian new martyrs: "We need to remember those people who became innocent victims of the horrible history of the 20th century. The temple with the museum and the work of searching for burial grounds — such work could be carried out within the framework of a new phase of the state policy concept".

Kashtachnaya mountain is located in the northern part of Tomsk. During the period from 1920 to 1938, thousands of people who were recognized as "enemies of the revolution" were shot and buried here - scientists, military, clergy, intellectuals, peasants who refused to collectivize, exiles who were brought through Siberia.

Earlier it was reported that the construction of the temple complex "Tomsk Golgotha" began on the Kashtachnaya mountain of Tomsk in 2011. In 2017, a temporary wooden church which can accommodate about 100 people, was built for the needs of local parishioners. At the end of 2017 there passed the first worships.