List of mass shootings in the Soviet Union
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This is a list of known mass shootings that have occurred in the Soviet Union.
List of mass shootings in the Soviet Union[edit]
| Date | Location | Republic | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1920 | Petrograd | RSFSR | 8 | 10 | 18 | Kuusinen Club Incident: Eight members of the Finnish Communist Party were murdered in their office. |
| 26 July 1925 | Ivankovo, Kostroma Governorate | RSFSR | 11 | 8 | 19 | Grachev murder case: Grigory Grachev fatally shot 11 people and injured eight others. |
| 1 May 1954 | Arkhangelsk | RSFSR | 2 | 4[a] | 6 | Arkhangelsk Trade Unions Square shooting: Nikolai Gavrilovich Romanov fatally shot two people and wounded three others. |
| 11 February 1958 | Lyamino | RSFSR | 7 | 6 | 13 | Mikhail Tselousov fatally shot seven people and wounded six others.[1]: 134–147 |
| 26 July 1959 | Vaindloo | ESSR | 7 | 0 | 7 | Theodore Matvievsky fatally shot seven people.[2][3] |
| 7 September 1964 | Malyy Melik | RSFSR | 6 | 1 | 7 | Yuri Ilyasov fatally shot six people and wounded one.[1]: 147–165 |
| 26/27 September 1968 | Kursk | RSFSR | 14[a] | 11 | 25 | Kursk Railway Station Square shooting: Victor Korshunov and Yury Surovtsev fatally shot 13 people and wounded 11. Korshunov was killed by Surovtsev. |
| 23 November 1970 | Titovka | RSFSR | 3 | 4[a] | 7 | Yuri Gaev fatally shot three soldiers and wounded three others.[4] |
| July 1972 | Kuressaare | ESSR | 4[a] | 0 | 4 | An unknown soldier fatally shot three people and himself.[5][6] |
| 22 February 1973 | Otradny | RSFSR | 11 | 5 | 16 | Mikhail Dorofeev and Alexander Shurygin killed 11 people and injured five.[7] |
| 13 December 1975 | Permsky District | RSFSR | 5[b] | 15 | 20 | Alexander Zhidkov and Mikhail Veretelnik killed four people and wounded 14 others. Zhidkov was injured by the police.[1]: 169–177 |
| 7 August 1976 | Letipea | ESSR | 11[a] | 13 | 24 | Letipea massacre: An unknown soldier killed 10 and wounded more than 13 people and then shot himself. |
| 19 May 1977 | Leningrad | RSFSR | 6 | 3[a] | 9 | Anatoly Fedorenko killed six cadets and wounded two. He was also injured by one of the wounded cadets.[1]: 188–190 |
| 10 October 1979 | Elkhotovo | RSFSR | 8 | 2 | 10 | Sofia restaurant shooting: Bandits fatally shot eight people and injured two. |
| 23 February 1987 | Leningrad Oblast | RSFSR | 8 | 0 | 8 | Sakalauskas murder case: Arturas Sakalauskas killed eight people. |
| 1989 | Unknown | UkSSR | 5 | 0 | 5 | Anatoly Onoprienko shot and killed a family of five while they were sleeping in a car before lighting it on fire.[8] |
| 14 July 1991 | Patrikeyevo | RSFSR | 11 | 2 | 13 | Vitaly Semenikhin and Muradov killed eight soldiers, three warrant officers and wounded two other soldiers.[9] |
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- ^ a b c d Ракитин, Алексей (2016). "Социализм не порождает преступности": серийная преступность в СССР : историко-криминалистический анализ ["Socialism does not breed crime": serial crime in the USSR: a historical and forensic analysis] (in Russian). Kabinetnyĭ uchenyĭ. ISBN 978-5-7525-3028-9.
- ^ Filippov, Madis (24 March 2013). "Vaindloo - riigi põhjapoolseim kodu" [Vaindloo - the country's northernmost home]. Postimees (in Estonian). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Vier schoten" [Four shots]. Friese Koerier (in Dutch). 4 August 1959. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via Delpher.
- ^ Жирнов, Евгений (22 April 2013). "Дело о бойне в казарме" [The barracks massacre case]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Kiil, Urmas (29 March 2008). "Mälestusi Nõukogude armeega toimunud vahejuhtumitest" [Memories of encounters with the Soviet army]. Saarte Hääl (in Estonian). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Pihlau, Jaak (1 June 2005). "Eesti demokraatlik põrandaalune ja kontaktid Läänega" [Estonia's democratic underground and contacts with the West] (PDF). Tuna (in Estonian). ISSN 1406-4030. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Оборотни в погонах: как это было в семидесятые" [Werewolves in uniform: how it was in the seventies] (in Russian).
- ^ "Accused Ukrainian serial killer claims to be creature of the devil". CNN. 4 December 1998. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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- Королев, Арсений (3 April 2015). "Солдаты-убийцы" [Murderous soldiers]. Улпресса (in Russian). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- Семенов, Евгений (2010). "Одиннадцать трупов на двоих" [Eleven corpses for two]. Тюрьма и жизнь за решеткой (in Russian). Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- "Краснодарец, расстрелявший 13 человек в Ульяновске и приговоренный к пожизненному, может выйти на свободу" [Krasnodar man who shot 13 people in Ulyanovsk and was sentenced to life imprisonment may go free]. Ульяновск онлайн (in Russian). 17 March 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- "Родного Края Памятные Даты" [Commemorative Dates of the Motherland]. Барышские вести (in Russian). No. 2. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- "Расстреляли караул" [They shot a guard]. Ulyanovskaya Pravda (in Russian). Годы и люди. 17 July 1991. Retrieved 13 November 2023.