Levashovo Memorial Cemetery
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Levashovo Memorial Cemetery is a cemetery of victims of Soviet repressions during the Great Purge
, at Levashovo
, Saint Petersburg
. Since these NKVD
mass graves were opened to public in 1989 more than 22 memorials have been erected, most notably the Moloch of Totalitarianism Memorial by sculptors Nina Galitskaia and Vitali Gambarov . The latest addition is a new memorial to Italians who died in the Soviet Gulag
.
On the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions
(October 30) ceremonies are organized there by the City of St. Petersburg.
Great Purge
The Great Purge was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1936 to 1938...
, at Levashovo
Levashovo
Levashovo is a municipal settlement under the administrative jurisdiction of Vyborgsky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia, and a station of the Saint Petersburg-Vyborg railroad. The building of the station was designed by Bruno Granholm. Population:...
, Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. Since these NKVD
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....
mass graves were opened to public in 1989 more than 22 memorials have been erected, most notably the Moloch of Totalitarianism Memorial by sculptors Nina Galitskaia and Vitali Gambarov . The latest addition is a new memorial to Italians who died in the Soviet Gulag
Gulag
The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. While the camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, large numbers were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas and other instruments of...
.
On the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions , is an annual day of remembrance for victims of political repression in the Soviet Union....
(October 30) ceremonies are organized there by the City of St. Petersburg.