The Van Returns In the center of Tomsk, a Siberian city with a long and layered history, a memorial to the victims of Soviet political repression has quietly disappeared. Officially, it was removed due to safety concerns. Unofficially, its absence raises a different question: what happens when the infrastructure once used to carry out repression becomes the justification for removing the memory of it? For decades, the site stood as a visible point of public memory. Today, it stands empty. Read more: https://karagodin.com/?p=15822 Support Denis Karagodin’s work with a donation — in ₽, $, €, or crypto — together, we can do more!