Chervyen’
Červień or Chyervyen’ (Belarusian: Чэрвень, [ˈtʂɛrvʲenʲ]; Ігумен Igumen till 1923; Russian: Червень; Polish: Czerwień) is a small town in Minsk Voblast, Belarus.
In June 1941, the Soviet NKVD mass-executed prisoners from Minsk[1] in the nearby Tsagelnya forest. Wooden statue Mourning Ange, by sculptor Gennady Matusevich, was erected at the location.[2] Commemorative events are held every year in June.[3]
Olympic light-heavyweight weightlifting champion Valery Shary is from the town.
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Further reading
- Lipińska G., Jeśli zapomnę o nich..., 1990
- Stankiewicz-Januszczak, J., Marsz śmierci – ewakuacja więźniów z Mińska do Czerwieni 24–27 czerwca 1941 r., Volumen (1999) (Polish)
- Stankiewicz-Januszczak J., Dziś mówię ludziom, co mówiłam Bogu..., ISBN 83-914184-9-9 (Polish)
- Petruitis J., Kaip jie mus sušaudė, Kaunas, 1942, 1990 (Lith.)
- Tumas J. Kelias į Červenę, Vilnius, 1990 (Lith.)
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1 Seat of the Voblast but administratively separated
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