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Krasny Bor Forest, Karelia

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Krasny Bor is a forest in the Petrozavodsk area, Karelia.

In 1997 a place of NKVD executions was uncovered in the forest. The burial site area was about 350 by 150 metres. According to declassified archive data, from August 9 to September 15, 1937 and from September 26 to October 2, 1938, 1,196 people were executed: 580 Finns, 432 Karelians, 136 Russians and 48 persons of other nationalities in that location.

On October 31, 1998, the memorial cemetery Krasny Bor was opened.

References

Krasny Bor Forest, Karelia Wikipedia


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