NKVD Memorial Museum of Political Repression History

Museums and Exhibitions

In 1989 a unique exposition opened in Tomsk, which is still the only one in Russia. NKVD Memorial Museum of Political Repression History, dedicated to the memory of the victims of political repression, is located in the former prison of the OGPU-NKVD. Thousands of people were sentenced to death in the basement of this brick house. Visitors can walk along the corridors of the prison, see the reconstruction of the investigator’s office and the cells of the prisoners.

The exhibits of the museum are copies of the present criminal cases of prisoners, photographs of people who died during the years of repression and personal belongings of the arrested. A separate mount is dedicated to the famous Russian poet Nikolai Klyuev who was repressed and shot in Tomsk in 1937. A small square next to the building of the museum was the courtyard of the prison earlier, where prisoners were taken for a walk. Now here is the Square Memory of victims of repression and a monument is erected — the Stone of Sorrow.

NKVD Memorial Museum of Political Repression History

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