Chervyen’

Coat of arms

Červień or Chyervyen’ (Belarusian: Чэрвень, [ˈtʂɛrvʲenʲ]; Ігумен Igumen till 1923; Russian: Червень; Polish: Czerwień) is a small town in Minsk Voblast, Belarus.

In June 1941, the Soviet NKVD mass-executed prisoners from Minsk^[1] in the nearby Tsagelnya forest. Wooden statue Mourning Ange, by sculptor Gennady Matusevich, was erected at the location.^[2] Commemorative events are held every year in June.^[3]

Olympic light-heavyweight weightlifting champion Valery Shary is from the town.

References

1. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Як адзін мастак беларусізаваў цэлы горад – Наша Ніва: першая беларуская газета". Nn.by. http://www.nn.by/index.php?c=ar&i=9561. Retrieved February 9, 2011. 
3. ^ [2],[3], [4]

Further reading

• Lipińska G., Jeśli zapomnę o nich..., 1990
• Stankiewicz-Januszczak, J., Marsz śmierci – ewakuacja więźniów z Mińska do Czerwieni 24–27 czerwca 1941 r., Volumen (1999) (Polish)
• Stankiewicz-Januszczak J., Dziś mówię ludziom, co mówiłam Bogu..., ISBN 83-914184-9-9 (Polish)
• Petruitis J., Kaip jie mus sušaudė, Kaunas, 1942, 1990 (Lith.)
• Tumas J. Kelias į Červenę, Vilnius, 1990 (Lith.)

External links

• History of the town
• Photos on Radzima.org
• Local prison and statues
• List of identified Lithuanian victims

Coordinates: 53°42′28″N 28°25′56″E / 53.70778°N 28.43222°E / 53.70778; 28.43222