Kommunarka shooting ground
The Kommunarka shooting site, often mistakenly called Kommunarka firing range —the former dacha of secret police chief Genrikh Yagoda—was used as an execution site and mass grave from 1937 to 1941.
- Memorial
- Description: place of mass executions during Stalinism near Moscow
- Also known as“Kommunarka”“Kommunarka shooting site”“Спецобъект Коммунарка”
Nearby Metro Stations
Discover Olkhovaya and Kommunarka.
Olkhovaya
Olkhovaya is a Moscow Metro station on the Sokolnicheskaya line.
1¼ km south of Kommunarka shooting ground
Kommunarka
Kommunarka is a station on the Troitskaya line of the Moscow Metro.
1 km southeast of Kommunarka shooting ground
Prokshino
Prokshino is a Moscow Metro station on the Sokolnicheskaya line.
1½ km northwest of Kommunarka shooting ground
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gazoprovod and Kommunarka.
Kommunarka shooting ground
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Latitude
55.57837° or 55° 34′ 42″ north
Longitude
37.45416° or 37° 27′ 15″ east
Open location code
9G7VHFH3+8M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = memorial
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yakut—“Kommunarka shooting ground” goes by many names.
Կոմունարկայի կրակահրապարակArmenian
Kommunarka poliqonuAzerbaijani
КоммунаркаBashkir
Коммунарка атыу полигоныBashkir
Kommunarka fusilamendu-eremuaBasque
«Камунарка» (расстрэльны палігон)Belarusian
КамунаркаBelarusian
Расстрэльны палігон «Камунарка»Belarusian
КомунаркаBulgarian
Camp d’afusellament KommunarkaCatalan
گۆڕەپانی تەقەکردنی کۆممونارکاCentral Kurdish
科穆纳尔卡射击场Chinese
KommunarkaCzech
popraviště a hřbitov KommunarkaCzech
Henrettelsespladsen KommunarkaDanish
Kommunarka pafejoEsperanto
KommunarkaEstonian
KommunarkaFinnish
კომუნარკა (სასჯელაღსრულების ადგილი)Georgian
σκοπευτήριο ΚομμουνάρκαGreek
גיא ההריגה בקומונרקהHebrew
KommunarkaHungarian
Lapangan tembak KommunarkaIndonesian
コムナルカ射撃場Japanese
콤무나르카 사격장Korean
KomunarkaLatvian
Nošaušanas poligons ‘Komunarka’Latvian
Kommunarka retterstedNorwegian Bokmål
محل تیرباران کومونارکاPersian
KommunarkaPolish
KommounarkaRomanian
КоммунаркаRussian
Коммунарка (расстрельный полигон)Russian
Расстрельный полигон «Коммунарка»Russian
strelišče KomunarkaSlovenian
Kommunarka skjutbanaSwedish
КоммунаркаTajik
«Коммунарка» ату полигоныTatar
Розстрільний полігон «Комунарка»Ukrainian
KommunarkaUzbek
КоммунаркаYakut
Коммунарка (өлөрөр сир)Yakut
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