Sandarmokh
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Sandarmokh is a forest massif 12 km (7.5 mi) from Medvezhyegorsk in the Republic of Karelia where an unknown number, estimated in the thousands, of victims of Stalin's Great Terror were executed. 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.
The monumental slab at the entrance to the Sandarmokh burial grounds reads: "People! do not kill one another".
Memorial to Ukrainians shot at Sandarmokh
Commemorative photos fixed to trees around the pits at Sandarmokh.
Republic of Karelia
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The Republic of Karelia, Karjala or Karelia, is a republic of Russia situated in the northwest of the country. The republic is a part of the Northwestern Federal District, and covers an area of 172,400 square kilometres, with a population of 533,121 residents. Its capital is Petrozavodsk.
A lake in the Republic of Karelia
Korela Fort
Union of White Sea Karelians
Sandarmokh forest