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Kurapaty

1937–1941 · 20th century

Kurapaty is a wooded area on the northern outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, where the Soviet NKVD shot and buried thousands of people between 1937 and 1941. Mass graves were uncovered in 1988, and the site became a symbol of Stalinist repression in Belarus. Estimates of the number of victims range from about 7,000 to several tens of thousands.

Kurapaty
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Byelorussian SSR

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kurapaty. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kurapaty
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