Execuţiile în masă de la Kurapatî, 1937-1941
The Mass Executions at Kurapati, 1937-1941
Author(s): Aliaksander DalhouskiSubject(s): History
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Europe; Soviet Union; Belarus; Stalinist repression; massacres
Summary/Abstract: Kurapati, where the victims of Stalinist reprisals over 1937-1941 were executed and buried, was the first such place in Belarus discovered and studied in the late 80s. According to calculations made by archeologists from the History Institute of the Academy of Sciences in Belarus, more than 100,000 civilians were executed at this location. The executions spread over five years.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: XV/2007
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 15-21
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Romanian
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