Has the Gulag been acknowledged by Russia?

Question by Cachoeira: Has the Gulag been acknowledged by Russia at all?
I’m in the process of reading ‘The Gulag Archipelago'(abridged) by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn (almost done…). I read in the begining somewhere that Russia has not really acknoledged the people who suffered under Stalin’s rule, in the prisons and camps. Were these aspects acknowledged after the book was published or is it still sort of a taboo subjuect in Mother Russia?

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Answer by Isidro
While it for over 70 years was illegal to discuss the Gulag camps, the country has taken some steps to open information about them. Families can receive their relatives files on their presence in the camps, although the process is long and difficult. Many memoirs have been published and are being written by survivors. In particular, Memorial is working to record oral histories of those affected. However, recently Putin visited an area with a former gulag camp and neglacted to mention it at all. So in short, much of the history has been kept quiet for many years ( out of a fear and policy of rearrest and after the camps closed in 1987, fear of them reopening) but through various groups, awareness about the issue is rising.

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