The Council under the President of the Russian Federation on the development of civil society and human rights gave a number of recommendations to the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuyvashev in the issue of perpetuating the memory of the victims of political repression. This was told by the head of the region himself at a briefing on the opening of the "Mask of Sorrow".

"A special commission has already been established in the Sverdlovsk region to implement state policy, and today's event is a stage in the implementation of this policy. We have a lot of work to collect data on the repressed, and today a number of practical advice has been received, as well as in which direction to continue activities. The implementation of this concept is one of the key directions in the social work of the regional government, and we certainly will not stop working in this direction, "said Evgeny Kuyvashev.

According to the chairman of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights of Mikhail Fedotov, other regions should take an example from the Sverdlovsk region in this issue.

"Today we closed the triangle of memory," Masks of Sorrow "became the third object dedicated to perpetuating the memory of the victims of political repression in Russia in the last three months. However, I am convinced that this line should be continued, because there are victims in all regions, but there is very little work in this direction like in the Sverdlovsk region, "Mikhail Fedotov said..

Recall that today at the 12th kilometer in the presence of the family, friends and pupils of the sculptor Ernst Neizvestny were opened "Maxi Sorrow". The monument is located near the "brotherly" cemetery, where the remains of 17.5 thousand victims of political terror.