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Probably the most famous resident of this small town is the artist Vladimir Ovchinnikov. For many years, he painted the city walls with his paintings and eventually turned Borovsk into a real city-museum. One of the important themes in Vladimir Ovchinnikov's work is the memory of the victims of Soviet terror. In the local museum, he painted an entire room with portraits of repressed Borovsk residents, but the owner of the museum never agreed to open it to visitors. Ovchinnikov also achieved the opening of a monument to the victims of political repression on the main square of Borovsk. In recent years, anti-war themes have constantly appeared in his work, which is why he has already been fined twice. In this video, Vladimir Ovchinnikov takes Memorial volunteers around Borovsk, shows his paintings and tells the story of his struggle with the local authorities to preserve the memory of the victims of Soviet terror. Video timestamps: 00:00 - Start. In front of the museum building 03:05 - Starship 05:08 - by the boulder of oblivion 06:32 - provincial prison 08:30 - about Alexei Zhitetsky 09:21 - about Tsiolkovsky 10:30 - image of the Pokrovsky Cathedral 11:00 - image of Solzhenitsyn 11:20 - inside the museum. About boyarynya Morozova and archpriest Avvakum 14:01 - portraits of the repressed on the wall. The end.