Kurapaty description and photos - Belarus: Minsk (Topic)

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Kurapaty is a mass grave of victims of Stalin's repressions. In this tract in 1937-41, NKVD officers shot people who were later rehabilitated, and their innocence was proved. The memorial to the victims of Stalinist repressions began to be created in 1988.

For a long time, the place, which became a mass grave for many innocent people, was strictly classified. The brave man who published the truth about Kurapaty in the media risked his own life. Zenon Poznyak became such a daredevil. He wrote an article "Kurapaty - the road of death" and published it in the magazine "Literature and Art" on June 3, 1988. The scandal that broke out brought up long-hushed topics. The CPSU, which was still in power at the time, tried to hush up the scandal, but it had already received international political resonance.

Archaeological research was carried out at the site of the Kurapaty tract, which confirmed that about 7 thousand people were shot here. Today, monuments have been erected in Kurapaty, and mass events are being held. People come to honor their innocent brothers.

In 1993 Kurapaty was included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values of the Republic of Belarus, however, political passions around the tract do not subside to this day.

Kurapaty is surrounded by wooden crosses on all sides ... A dirt road passes through the tract, fenced with crosses on both sides. On the territory of the tract there are many monuments, both to Orthodox people and to people of other faiths and nationalities. In particular, there are many monuments to the perished Jews on the territory of Kurapaty.

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