Drozhzhino, Russia
Butovo firing range
The Butovo Shooting Site often mistakenly called Butovo Firing Range was an execution site of the Soviet secret police located near Drozhzhino in Leninsky District, Moscow Oblast from 1938 to 1953. Its use for mass execution has been documented; it was prepared as a site for mass burial. According to Arseny Roginsky, "firing range" was a popular euphemism adopted to describe the mysterious and closely-guarded plots of land that the NKVD began to set aside for mass burials on the eve of the Great Terror.
- City
- Drozhzhino
- Country
- Russia
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
Background: Wikipedia