🏛️ Sandarmokh

Russia · Europe · 62.89°N, 34.68°E

Sandarmokh is a forest massif 12 km (7.5 mi) from Medvezhyegorsk in the Republic of Karelia where victims of Stalin's Great Terror were executed. Their number is unknown, but is estimated to be in the thousands. More than 58 nationalities were shot and buried there by the NKVD in 236 communal pits over a 14-month period in 1937 and 1938.

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Quick facts

Country	Russia
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	62.89°N, 34.68°E · view on map

Sandarmokh is located in Russia, in Europe.

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