In the 1990s the Stone became the site for the commemoration in Moscow of the "Day of Remembrance" on 30 October each year. Later, from 2007 onwards, it was also the focus of a yearly ceremony "Restoring the Names" held on the previous day, 29 October. For hour after hour, a long queue of volunteers waited to read out one or more names of those who were imprisoned or executed in Moscow and the Moscow Region during the 1930s. In 2016 the recitation continued for 12 hours.