“The Righteous Live Forever…” (January 24—25, 2019, St. Petersburg)

On January 24—25, 2019, in the year marking the 100^th anniversary of martyrdom of the Romanovs — eighteen members of the royal family who fell victim to the revolutionary terror of 1918—1919 — the Foundation for Support of Mercy and Charity Traditions “The Elizabeth and Sergiy Educational Society” in collaboration with the Institute of Universal History (Russian Academy of Sciences) and with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture, the Administration of St. Petersburg and the Moscow Government organized an international academic conference “The Righteous Live Forever...” The conference sessions took place at the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, located in the Peter and Paul Fortress where Grand Dukes Pavel Aleksandrovich, Dmitrii Konstantinovich, Nikolai Mikhailovich and Georgii Mikhailovich were executed on January 24, 1919. Their tragic death was the final link in the chain of criminal murders of the Romanovs committed by the Bolsheviks and marked the beginning of the “Red Terror” in Russia.

V. V. Kirillov, Vice Governor of St. Petersburg, addressed a welcoming speech to the conference participants. He stressed the large social significance of the Conference, its role in preserving memory of important periods in Russian history, averting a repetition of past mistakes and manifestations of intolerance in any forms. The Conference was also welcomed by A. V. Moor, Governor of the Tyumen Region (his speech was read by S. Yu. Sidorova, Director General of the State Autonomous Institution of Culture “Tyumen Museum and Education Association”); Metropolitan Varsonofiy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga; Archbishop Mikhael of Medona, Vicar of the West European Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia; Archimandrite Aleksandr (Fyodorov), Professor and Head of the Icon-painting Department, St. Petersburg Orthodox Ecclesiastical Academy; State Secretary/Deputy Minister of Culture of Russia A. Yu. Manilova; A. N. Kolyakin, Director of the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg; S. N. Uchaykina, Minister of Culture of the Sverdlovsk Region; O. N. Kulikovskaya-Romanova, Chairman of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga Aleksandrovna Charitable Foundation; E. Ya. Kal’nitskaya, Director General of the Petergof State Museum; S. A. Kapnist, Chairman of the Russian Red Cross Society (of the old organization); P. E. Kulikovskii, Honorary Member of the House of the Romanovs Association; Doctor A. V. Gromova, Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of the “Elizabeth and Sergiy Educational Society” Foundation, director of the “Charity in History” Project at the Institute of Universal History; and other guests of honor.