BELARUS: BELARUSIANS MARCH IN DEFENSE OF STALIN-ERA MEMORIAL SITE.(Kurapaty)(Brief Article)

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: October 30, 2001 | Copyright information

Some 1,500 people, mainly activists of the opposition Conservative Christian Party (KKhP), took part on 28 October in an authorized march from downtown Minsk to the Kurapaty wooded suburb where the Stalin-era NKVD conducted mass executions of "enemies of the people," Belapan reported. The recent reconstruction of the Minsk beltway is seen by many public and opposition activists in Minsk as a direct threat to the neighboring Kurapaty memorial. They propose that the authorities build...

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