The Leningrad Martyrology: A statistical note on the 1937 executions in Leningrad City and region

From: Canadian Slavonic Papers | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Kozlov, Denis | Copyright information

ABSTRACT: This article examines the August-December 1937 executions of the Great Terror in Leningrad city and region. The work is based on a sample of 784 out of 16,062 listings of victims available in volumes 1 through 4 of Leningradskii martirolog, a recent archive-based publication, and on the results of the 1937 and 1939 all-Union censuses. The victims are analyzed by ethnicity, birthplace, age, occupation, status and party membership. This analysis suggests that executions hit those indi...

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