Moscow Memories. The prominent opposition figure on Russia's history and politics

In "The Key Would Still Fit", Irina Scherbakowa tells of the brief years of perestroika. She reports on everyday life and the political upheaval in Moscow and the countryside at the beginning of the 1990s. She describes the unfamiliar freedom and how people learnt to deal with it more badly than well. Scherbakova's subject is also her active political activity, which continues to this day, and Russia's seemingly unstoppable slide into dictatorship. Her impressive memories of Moscow are closely interwoven with the history of Russia in the 20th century and her lifelong fight against state terror and in favour of remembrance.

Irina Scherbakowa is one of Russia's most important opposition activists. She is a co-founder of the human rights organisation Memorial, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022.

Donation for the future of Memorial

An event organised by Heinrich Böll Foundation MV and Koeppenhaus.