Legacy
In the 1980s, his family's house in Vologda remained standing next to the town's cathedral. Since 1991 the house has been turned into the Shalamov Memorial Museum as well as the local picture gallery. The cathedral's hill in Vologda is called Shalamov's in his memory.
One of his Kolyma short stories, "The Final Battle of Major Pugachoff," was made into a film (Последний бой майора Пугачёва) in 2005.
In 2007, Russian Television produced the series "Lenin's Testament"(ru:Завещание Ленина), based on Kolyma Tales.
A minor planet 3408 Shalamov discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1977 is named after him. A memorial to Shalamov was erected in Krasnovishersk in June 2007, the site of his first labor camp.
His funeral was attended by some 150 people. At his burial site the Shalamov's friend, Fedot Fedotovich Suchkov, has erected a monument, which in the year of 2000 was destroyed by somebody unknown. The criminal case was closed as uncompleted. With the help of some workers from SeverStal the monument was reestablished in 2001.
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