Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Gorky Park Revisited

In an earlier post (Gorky Park), I related a sad conversation I had with a dear friend born during the reign of Josef Stalin.  She mentioned that thousands people had been murdered and then buried in an area that is now Gorky Park.  Reading Bloodlands, an exceptional but very sad book by Timothy Snyder, I have since learned that the Soviet NKVD (secret police) dug at a minimum 87 mass graves in and around Vinnytsia.  My mind cannot fathom that deed, and I would like to remind readers that this figure is only for Vinnytsia.  The NKVD did it's murderous work in many, many cities throughout Ukraine and the Soviet Union.
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  1. UnknownOctober 22, 2014 at 3:09 PM

    Hi Lisle,

    thank you for sharing here your thoughts about Ukraine. I am also a Fulbright visiting scholar for 2014-2015. I do my research in Special Education at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. I would like to hear more about your experience. Please, feel free to e-mail me on instepaniuk@gmail.com. Thank you.

    Best,
    Inna

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