Sandarmokh
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Sandarmokh is a forested area in Karelia, Russia, that served as a major mass execution and burial site during Stalinist political repressions.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
forest area
ⓘ
mass execution site ⓘ memorial complex ⓘ |
| administeredBy | NKVD of the Karelian ASSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | human rights organization Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | 5 August ⓘ |
| commemorates |
victims of Stalinist terror
ⓘ
victims of the Great Terror of 1937–1938 ⓘ |
| controversy | attempts to reinterpret victims as prisoners of war ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Memorial Society researchers
ⓘ
Yury Dmitriev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| hasAnnualEvent | Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
commemorative crosses
ⓘ
mass graves ⓘ memorial plaques ⓘ paths through forest ⓘ |
| hasInscriptionLanguage |
Finnish
ⓘ
German ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Polish ⓘ Russian ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ other languages ⓘ |
| hasVictimGroup |
Finnish citizens
ⓘ
Karelian Finns NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet political prisoners ⓘ Ukrainian intellectuals ⓘ clergy ⓘ engineers and professionals ⓘ ethnic minorities ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Medvezhyegorsky District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Karelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Medvezhyegorsk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
White Sea–Baltic Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorialOpened | 1997 ⓘ |
| numberOfBurialsEstimate |
around 9,000
ⓘ
over 7,000 ⓘ |
| partOf | northwestern Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrator | NKVD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | site of mass political repression ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical research
ⓘ
international commemoration ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1937–1938 ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Great Terror
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stalinist political repressions ⓘ |
| usedFor |
mass burials
ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ |
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