Bykivnia

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Bykivnia (Ukrainian: Биківня, Russian: Быковня, Polish: Bykownia) is a small village on the outskirts of Kiev, Ukraine. During the Stalinism in the USSR, it was one of the sites where the NKVD had buried thousands of executed, real or alleged enemies of the Soviet power.

From the early 1920s through Joseph Stalin's murderous purges, the Soviet government hauled the bodies of tortured and slaughtered political prisoners to the pine forests outside the village of Bykivnia and buried them in a grave that spanned 161,500 square feet. It is estimated that some 100.000 executed Ukrainian civilians were buried there in 1920s - early 1940s.

Contents 1 May 21, 2006 - The Annual Day of Rememberence of Bykivnia victims 2 See also 3 Sources 4 External Links

[edit] May 21, 2006 - The Annual Day of Rememberence of Bykivnia victims

In a step toward uncovering Ukraine's dark history, President Viktor Yushchenko became the first Ukrainian president to take part in the annual Day of Remembrance ceremony to honour the estimated 100,000 people buried in the mass grave on the outskirts of Kiev.

"We must know the truth," Mr. Yushchenko said May 21, 2006 standing alongside his wife, Kateryna. "Why did our nation lose more than 10 million people without a war?"

[edit] See also

• Kurapaty
• Katyń Massacre
• Great Purge

[edit] Sources

• 100,000 buried at Bykivnia recalled at Day of Remembrance

[edit] External Links

• Twentieth Century Atlas - Casualty Statistics - Bykivnia
• Bykivnia 1937-1941

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