The Bykivnia graves are a National Historic Memorial next to the former village of Bykivnia within Kyiv woodland, Bykivnia Forest. During the Stalinist period in the Soviet Union, it was one of the unmarked mass grave sites where the NKVD, the Soviet secret police, disposed of thousands of murdered "enemies of the Soviet state". Bykivnia as a residential place still exists as a locality with the same Bykivnia Forest. The National Memorial is located across Brovarskyi Prospect from Bykivnia, next to the former Rybne Soviet fishery in the thick of the woods.
A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
On October 28, in the year 2006, A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police. This event is recorded as a Historical Events event in the history of October 28, one of 451 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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