Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Mass Grave Discovered, probably from Stalin era

From: The New York Times

World Briefing | EUROPE
Russia: Workers Find Mass Grave
By REUTERS
Published: June 9, 2010

Workmen building a road outside of Vladivostok discovered a mass grave with at least 495 skeletons, probably dating to Stalin’s purges in the 1930s, municipal authorities said Wednesday. At least 3 ½ tons of bones were extracted from the site, the city government said. Many of the skulls had gunshot wounds. Millions of Soviet citizens were executed or died in labor camps during Stalin’s rule.

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