The former Jõhvi train station bore the name “Abakan” for the duration of the project. Photograph: Katarina Meister, 2019

Kalle Keskrand gluing a photograph from a family photo album onto plywood. Photograph: Marika Alver, 2019

View of the installation on the facade of the Jõhvi train station building. Photograph: Peter Biella, 2019

Opening of the installation in Jõhvi on 25 March 2019. Photograph: Postimees, 2019

View of the Jõhvi train station building from a train window. Photograph: Marika Alver, 2019

Excursion organised by Murtud Rukilille Ühing on the anniversary of the June deportations. The photograph shows the “Blossoming Monument” (Õitsev monument) bird cherry tree next to the Jõhvi train station building. Photograph: Katarina Meister, 2019

Kalle Keskrand’s installation on the windows of the train station building in Jõhvi looked at the fates of Estonian family photo albums, contrasting them with the “Who Were They?” photos used by Soviet propaganda. These were infamous illustrations of the archetypical enemies of the people: factory owners, real estate owners, spies and other criminals.
 
58 train wagons left Jõhvi train station on 26 March 1949 with 1,282 people on board, of whom 614 were women and 401 children. The destination was Abakan in Khakassia.
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Our programme included hanging a sign bearing the name “Abakan” on the Jõhvi train station building and planting a Novosibirsk bird cherry tree next to the former train station building.