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27 Notable deaths
by execution by shooting
Nikolai Voznesensky
Soviet economist (1903-1950).
Born December 1st, 1903 in Tula.
Died October 1st, 1950 at 46 years old in Saint Petersburg (execution by shooting).
Werner Teske
Stasi colonel, executed for treason.
Born April 24th, 1942 in Berlin.
Died June 26th, 1981 at 39 years old in Leipzig (execution by shooting).
Gorazd
Czechoslovak evangelic priest and theologist.
Born May 26th, 1879 in Hrubá Vrbka.
Died September 4th, 1942 at 63 years old in Prague (execution by shooting). [ref]
Ramiro Ledesma Ramos
Spanish author (1905-1936).
Born May 23rd, 1905 in Alfaraz de Sayago. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1936 at 31 years old in Aravaca (execution by shooting). [ref]
Vlas Chubar
Soviet politician (1891-1939).
Born February 22nd, 1891 in Fedorivka. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1939 at 48 years old in Moscow (execution by shooting).
Janusz Kusociński
Polish long distance runner (1907-1940).
Born January 15th, 1907 in Warsaw.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 33 years old in Palmiry (execution by shooting). [ref]
Arndt Pekurinen
Finnish pacifist.
Born August 29th, 1905 in Juva.
Died November 5th, 1941 at 36 years old in Kalevalsky District (execution by shooting).
Eero Haapalainen
Finnish politician.
Born October 27th, 1880 in Kuopio.
Died November 27th, 1937 at 57 years old in Petrozavodsk, Sulazhgora (execution by shooting).
Yevgeny Polivanov
Soviet linguist and orientalist (1891–1938).
Born March 12th, 1891 in Smolensk.
Died January 25th, 1938 at 46 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (execution by shooting).
Józef Marcinkiewicz
Polish mathematician.
Born March 30th, 1910 in Cimoszka.
Died April 5th, 1940 at 30 years old in Kharkiv (execution by shooting).
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