From August 2 to August 4, Poshuk continued to search and excavate territories that were settled by inhabitants of the village of Velyly Shumsk. The remains of 19 more persons were exhumed… all civilians: men, women and children. The number of executed victims now totals 192!
Excavation and search work at this important historical site is far from being finished and will require additional research trips and digs.
Poshuk conducts archival research, studies little-known historical facts and events that took place in Zhytomyr Oblast before, during and after World War II. The main purpose of the organization is to search for fallen Red Army soldiers and commanders, as well as their relatives, establish the names of the missing, preserve and perpetuate the memory of the fallen, and conduct patriotic training for young people.
Schoolchildren and students from Zhytomyr and the region are actively involved in the organization and in search projects.
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- Moscow secretly destroyed GULAG victims records in 2014
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- 134 bodies of NKVD victims unearthed in Ivano-Frankivsk
- Mass graves of victims of political repression discovered in Ivano-Frankivsk
- Russia’s imperial crackdown on the memory of indigenous victims of deportations
- Remains of executed victims found in Lviv’s Prison on Lontskoho Museum
- Lists of NKVD victims killed in mass executions in 1941 published online
