Levashovo Memorial Cemetery
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Levashovo Memorial Cemetery (Russian: Левашовское мемориальное кладбище) - cemetery of victims of Soviet repressions during Great Purge, at Levashovo, Saint Petersburg. Since these NKVD mass graves were open to public in 1989 more than 22 memorials were erected, most notable the Moloch of Totalitarianism Memorial [1]. The latest addition is new memorial to Italians who died in Soviet Gulag [2]. On the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (October 30) ceremonies are organized there by the City of St. Petersburg.
Levashovo Memorial Cemetery (Russian: Левашовское мемориальное кладбище) - cemetery of victims of Soviet repressions during Great Purge, at Levashovo, Saint Petersburg. Since these NKVD mass graves were open to public in 1989 more than 22 memorials were erected, most notable the first one, Moloch of Totalitarianism Memorial by sculptors, Nina Galitskaia and Vitali Gambarov [1]. The latest addition is new memorial to Italians who died in Soviet Gulag [2]. On the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (October 30) ceremonies are organized there by the City of Saint Petersburg.
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- ^ Levashovo Memorial Cemetery. Map of the Cemetery Showing its Memorials
- ^ Galina Stolyarova Italy’s Gulag Victims Get Memorial The St. Petersburg Times Issue #1285 (51), July 3, 2007
