The Notes & Articles listed here derive their information and illustrative material from a variety of sources.
[1] The descriptions of burial grounds and commemorative sites on the Map of Memory, e.g., Mednoe [69-04].
[2] The findings published in Books of Remembrance and research by the local Memorial Society (e.g., Ryazan, Perm).
[3] The comprehensive 2009 overview by Nicolas Werth (marked NW) of Mass crimes under Stalin, 1930-1953 (French original).
[4] Notes compiled by John Crowfoot from a variety of sources, e.g., all entries in the Gulag section.
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New or as yet unpublished notes and articles are marked ** or ** (np), e.g.,
Major Construction Projects, 1931-1942** (January 2025)
Deportation and execution of Polish citizens, 1939-1941** (January 2025)
Deportation of Lithuanians, 1941-1951** (January 2025)
The Civil War (1918-1922)
The Red Terror
Slaughter of Cossack communities: Beslan (North Ossetia); Dakhovskaya (Adygea); Pozdneyevka (Rostov Region)
Victims of suppressed Peasant Uprisings: Sorochi log (Altai krai); Syoly village (Tver Region); Morshansk (Tambov); Sinitsyna village (Tyumen Region)
The shooting of hostages and similar atrocities: Dankov town (Ryazan Region); Pochainsky Ravine (Nizhny Novgorod); Chigorak village (Voronezh Region); Belinsky (Penza Region); Krasny Yar (Kirov Region); Gendarmes Ravine (Nizhny Novgorod); Kovalyovsky Woods (nr St Petersburg)
Collectivisation and Deportation
The Gulag
THE SOVIET FAR EAST (1929-1958)
– Sevvostlag ** (np)
SIBERIA
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Major Construction Projects (1931-1942)** (Jan 2025)
Wartime and post-war atrocities
Wartime deportation, 1941-1944 (NW)
Deportees in the Alexandrovsk district (Molotov Region)
Mass deportation of Soviet Germans ** (np)
Deportation of Lithuanians, 1941-1951 ** (Jan 2025)