Returning the Names

Essay layout test

This body checks longer prose, nested layout blocks and image handling in an essay-style page.

Left column: short archive note.

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Right column: accompanying context for memory work and public records.

The archive gives scattered lives a public record, and makes memory harder to erase.

Extended block test

Rich text paragraph

Memory work involves bold claims, careful nuance, outdated methods, underlined emphasis, archival codes, and links to external resources. Combine them: bold with *nested italic* and strikethrough with code.

Inline colours together: urgent, informational, approved, flagged.

Equation blocks

\mathcal{L}(\theta) = \sum_{i=1}^{N} \log P(x_i \mid \theta)

\nabla \times \mathbf{E} = -\frac{\partial \mathbf{B}}{\partial t}

Inline maths in a sentence: the total count is \sum_{k=1}^{n} k = \frac{n(n+1)}{2} and the identity matrix is I_n \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}.

Multiple callout styles

Toggle headings with mixed children

Archive methodology

import pytesseract
from PIL import Image

def ocr_scan(image_path: str) -> str:
    img = Image.open(image_path)
    return pytesseract.image_to_string(img, lang="rus")

Code blocks

<article class="essay">
  <header>
    <h1>Returning the Names</h1>
    <time datetime="2025-10-29">29 October 2025</time>
  </header>
  <section class="body">
    <p>How public remembrance, archives and student communities can meet.</p>
  </section>
</article>

{
  "title": "Returning the Names",
  "type": "essay",
  "tags": ["memory", "culture", "journal"],
  "publication_date": "2025-10-29",
  "word_count": 3200,
  "languages": ["en", "ru"]
}

Mermaid diagram

flowchart TB
    subgraph Collection["1. Collection"]
        A["Personal archives"] --> D["Central repository"]
        B["Institutional records"] --> D
        C["Oral histories"] --> D
    end
    subgraph Processing["2. Processing"]
        D --> E["OCR & transcription"]
        E --> F["Translation"]
        F --> G["Metadata tagging"]
    end
    subgraph Publication["3. Publication"]
        G --> H["Website"]
        G --> I["Exhibition"]
        G --> J["Academic database"]
    end

Colored headings

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Three-column layout with mixed blocks

Complex table

Deeply nested quotes and lists

The act of naming is itself a political act. When a state erases names, citizens must write them back.

• Archival layers
  • Federal
    • FSB archives (restricted)
      • Declassified subsets
        • Individual case files
    • State archives (partially open)
  • Regional
    • Municipal records
    • Church registries
  • Personal
    • Family letters
    • Diaries and memoirs