# Moscow’s Gulag museum replaced by institution devoted to Nazi genocide of Soviet people

https://mins.news/en/item/19386

- Meduza, 2026-08-11 17:29 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/08/11/moscow-s-gulag-museum-won-a-council-of-europe-prize-for-its-honesty-about-soviet-terror-the-state-has-now-replaced-it-with-a-museum-about-the-genocide-of-the-soviet-people-by-the-nazis

> Moscow’s Museum of the History of the Gulag was temporarily closed in late 2024 for alleged violations of fire-safety requirements. Despite its uncertain future in a Russia at war, it continued operating behind closed doors. In February 2026, officials said a new Museum of Memory would open in its place, focusing on the Nazi genocide of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War. The account also recalls an earlier example in which a museum of political repression was transformed into one honoring Gulag camp workers.