Chervyen’

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Červień or Chervyen’ (Belarusian: Чэрвень, [ˈtʂɛrvʲenʲ]; Ігумен Igumen till 1923; Russian: Червень; Polish: Czerwień; Yiddish: Humen) is a small town in Minsk Voblast, Belarus.

On 26 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. It is also the birthplace of Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy.

References

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.)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chervyen.

• History of the town
• Photos on Radzima.org
• Local prison and statues
• List of identified Lithuanian victims

Subdivisions of Minsk Region, Belarus Districts (raiony) Barysaw Byerazino Chervyen Dzyarzhynsk Kapyl Kletsk Krupki Lahoysk Lyuban Maladzyechna Minsk Myadzyel Nesvizh Pukhavichy Salihorsk Slutsk Smalyavichy Staryya Darohi Stowbtsy Uzda Valozhyn Vileyka Cities Barysaw Byerazino Chervyen Dzyarzhynsk Fanipol Kapyl Kletsk Krupki Lahoysk Lyuban Maladzyechna Maryina Horka Minsk1 Myadzyel Nesvizh Salihorsk Slutsk Smalyavichy Staryya Darohi Stowbtsy Uzda Valozhyn Vileyka Zaslawye Zhodzina 1 Seat of the Voblast but administratively separated

Coordinates: 53°42′28″N 28°25′56″E / 53.70778°N 28.43222°E / 53.70778; 28.43222