title: 5 Dying in the Soviet Gulag for the Future Glory of Mother Russia? Making “Patriotic” Sense of the Gulag in Present-Day Russia
abstract: In August 2015, the government of the Russian Federation adopted the Concept of State Policy to Perpetuate the Memory of Victims of Political Repressions. "The decisions to perpetuate the memory of victims of political repression aimed to facilitate the development of partnerships between the state and civil society, the strengthening of intergenerational relationships, the continuity of cultural experience, and the patriotic education of youth," the document says. In this document, the governme