Minsk, Belarus
Kurapaty
Kurapaty is a wooded area on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, where a vast number of people were executed between 1937 and 1941 during the Great Purge by the Soviet secret police, the NKVD and in particular, during the Soviet repressions in Belarus. The exact count of victims is uncertain, as NKVD archives are classified in Belarus. According to NKVD archives, up to 35,000 were shot in Byelorussia under Stalin, the vast majority of them during the Great Purge.
- City
- Minsk
- Country
- Belarus
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Minsk
- Victory Square, Minsk
- Belarusian National History Museum
- Kalvaryja
- Church of Saints Simon and Helena
- Independence Square, Minsk
- Janka Kupala National Theatre
Background: Wikipedia