Minsk activists to hold readings from Belarusian poets executed by Stalinists


Readings from the executed Belarusian poets will be held on the night of October 29th to 30th in Kurapaty near Minsk.

Kurapaty, a place on the outskirts of Minsk, is not just the national memorial and a mass grave of the victims of Stalinist repression, it is a site of historical and cultural heritage.

“Wrap up in layers, take hot tea and candles. Come join us and share information under the hashtag #ночпаэтаў (Poets’ Night),” Anastasia Guseva, an activist of the youth opposition organization Young Front, said on Facebook.

The readings will start at 20:00 on October 29 and will last until the morning.

October 29 is a black day of the Belarusian history. On this day in 1937 Stalin’s secret police, the NKVD, shot more than 100 cultural figures, mainly writers and poets.

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