Events for the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Repression have been announced in Armenia and Georgia.

As part of the "Return of Names" campaign, dedicated to the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Political Repression, activists in Tbilisi, Yerevan, and Vanadzor will read the names of those who perished during the years of Stalin's terror.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," on October 29, 2025, in Yerevan and Tbilisi, participants of the events honored the memory of the victims of repression as part of the "Return of Names" campaign by reading the names of those executed. Some participants noted that it is important not only to preserve the memory of those killed during the years of Stalin's terror but also to support those currently imprisoned on political charges.

Today, people around the world are reading the names of the victims of Soviet terror. On the YouTube channel of the "Return of Names" project, a broadcast is taking place showing how people in different parts of the world talk about the values that are most important to them.

"Some read names in the square, while others recorded videos at home or at memorial sites. Any participation is valuable. Today, we will show throughout the day how solidarity can be expressed in different ways and how to preserve the memory of the victims of repression," the message states.

According to data on the project's website, events are planned today in Tbilisi (Georgia), Yerevan, and Vanadzor (Armenia).

In Tbilisi, activists will gather at the "Last Address" memorial for Kote Kandarali at: Rustaveli Avenue, 37.

In the Armenian Vanadzor, the event will take place in the Railway Workers' Park, at the Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression.

In Yerevan, the event is announced at the monument to Yeghishe Charents in the Eritasardutyun Park.

The Return of Names is an annual memorial event for the victims of Soviet terror. On October 29, people around the world gather to read aloud the names of those executed and repressed by the Soviet state—and to see each other. In 2025, the Return of Names took place in 150 cities. "Over the years, the geography and meaning of the event have changed multiple times, but the main thing remains unchanged: reading names as a means of preserving memory and a form of civil resistance. In 2025, Russian political prisoners also participated in the Return of Names: they informed us in letters about which names they would like to read if they were free. And we read those names for them," the project's website states.

The date of October 29 was chosen for reading names—the eve of the Day of the Political Prisoner. Since then, the Return of Names has been held for many years on October 29 at the Solovetsky Stone in Moscow, in various cities in Russia, and then around the world. Meanwhile, October 30 remains a day of expressing solidarity with political prisoners, the number of whom is growing every week.

Under Stalin, mass arrests, deportations, and executions based on nationality were carried out, entire nations were declared "hostile," according to the "Caucasian Knot" reference "10 myths about Stalin's role in the Great Patriotic War". The decision on which nations to subject to repression directly depended on Stalin, historian and member of the Association of Researchers of Russian Society Boris Sokolov told the "Caucasian Knot" in 2022.