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Notable victims at Butovo include Gustav Klutsis, Seraphim Chichagov and Saul Bron; in addition, more than 1000 members of the Russian Orthodox clergy. [ 7 ] The Russian Orthodox Church took over the ownership of Butovo in 1995, commissioning construction of a large Russian Revival memorial church, and the mass grave memorial complex can be ...
A parliamentary commission on investigation of the events of April 9, 1989, in Tbilisi was launched by Anatoly Sobchak, a member of the Congress of People's Deputies of Soviet Union. After full investigation and inquiries, the commission confirmed the government's claim that the deaths had resulted from trampling, but another contributing ...
Known as "The Cheremkhovo Poisoner"; along with his wife and mistress, traveled across Russia and poisoned pensioners in order to steal their property [47] Barausov, Andrei: 1983–1997 7 7 21 years imprisonment Known as "The Lensky Maniac"; raped and murdered underage girls around Sakha [48] Barkovsky, Roman: 2008–2009 3 3 24 years imprisonment
35 years on, house librarian Tizane Navea-Rogers revisits the bloodless Velvet Revolution that changed the face of a nation
Pages in category "1989 in Russia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
[100] [101] However, in practice, Russian police, Federal Security Service [102] [103] and prison and jail guards are regularly observed practicing torture with impunity—including beatings with many different types of batons, sticks and truncheons, water battles, sacks with sand etc., the "Elephant Method", which is beating a victim wearing a ...
Soviet militsiya officer's cap cockade (service/parade version).. The name militsiya as applied to police forces originates from a Russian Provisional Government decree dated April 17, 1917, and from early Soviet history: both the Provisional Government and the Bolsheviks intended to associate their new law-enforcement authority with the self-organisation of the people and to distinguish it ...
Deniz Jaffer and Jamie Lewis had been assigned to guard the scene after Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, were found dead.