1937 mass execution of Belarusians

In October 1937, there was a mass extermination of Belarusian writers, artists and statespeople by the Soviet Union occupying authorities.

This event marked the peak of the Great Purge and repressions of Belarusians in the Soviet-controlled area of eastern Belarus.

On 7 September 1937 Joseph Stalin signed a list of persons to be judged by a Soviet Military commission.

There were trials related to persons from the Belarusian SSR and these were given in a different list dated 15 September 1937 and signed by Stalin, Molotov and the senior state security official Vladimir Tsesarsky.

Journalist Leanid Marakoŭ alleged that between 3 March 1937 and 22 May 1938, over 100,000 people fell victims of repressions by the Soviet authorities.

Kurapaty near Minsk is the place where mass executions of Belarusian civilians were carried out during the Stalinist regime (1937 - 1941)