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.

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Sandarmokh canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf forest area ⓘ
mass execution site ⓘ
memorial complex ⓘ
administeredBy NKVD of the Karelian ASSR ⓘ
linked to: NKVD
associatedWith human rights organization Memorial ⓘ
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 ⓘ
hasFeature commemorative crosses ⓘ
mass graves ⓘ
memorial plaques ⓘ
paths through forest ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage Finnish ⓘ
German ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
other languages ⓘ
hasVictimGroup Finnish citizens ⓘ
Karelian Finns ⓘ
linked to: Karelians

Soviet political prisoners ⓘ
Ukrainian intellectuals ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
engineers and professionals ⓘ
ethnic minorities ⓘ
locatedIn Medvezhyegorsky District ⓘ
Republic of Karelia ⓘ
locatedNear Medvezhyegorsk ⓘ
White Sea–Baltic Canal ⓘ
memorialOpened 1997 ⓘ
numberOfBurialsEstimate around 9,000 ⓘ
over 7,000 ⓘ
partOf northwestern Russia ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Russia
perpetrator NKVD ⓘ
recognizedAs site of mass political repression ⓘ
subjectOf historical research ⓘ
international commemoration ⓘ
timePeriod 1937–1938 ⓘ
usedDuring Great Terror ⓘ
Stalinist political repressions ⓘ
usedFor mass burials ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ

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Pavel Florensky → placeOfDeath → Sandarmokh ⓘ