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26 Notable deaths
 in Kommunarka shooting ground

Valery Mezhlauk

Soviet political activist (1893–1938).

Born February 7th, 1893 in Kharkiv.

Died July 29th, 1938 at 45 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.

Georgii Karpechenko

Russian botanists (1899-1941).

Born May 3rd, 1899 in Velsk.

Died July 28th, 1941 at 42 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (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).

Ivan Mezhlauk

Soviet politician (1891-1938).

Born October 12th, 1891 in Kharkiv.

Died April 25th, 1938 at 46 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.

Olga Taratuta

Ukrainian anarchist (1876–1938).

Born January 21st, 1876 in Novodmytrivka Persha.

Died February 8th, 1938 at 62 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.

Hryhoriy Hrynko

Soviet politician.

Born November 30th, 1890 in Shtepivka.

Died March 15th, 1938 at 47 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.

Alexander Andreyevich Svechin

Imperial russian army and soviet general (1878–1938).

Born August 29th, 1878 in Odesa.

Died July 29th, 1938 at 59 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.

Ruhulla Akhundov

Azerbaijani soviet politician (1897-1938).

Born January 13th, 1897 in Shuvalan.

Died April 21st, 1938 at 41 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (gunshot wound).

Valerian Osinski

Russian politician (1887-1938).

Born April 6th, 1887 in Byki, Kursk Oblast.

Died September 1st, 1938 at 51 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (execution by shooting).

Aleksandr Yakovlevich Arosev

Russian writer, revolutionary and diplomat (1890-1938).

Born June 6th, 1890 in Kazan.

Died February 10th, 1938 at 47 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.

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