Bykivnia graves
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".
- Cemetery
- Description: memorial and mass grave for Soviet dissidents in Kyiv, Ukraine
- Also known as“Bykivnia Graves State Historical and Memorial Preserve”“Bykivnians’ki mohyly”“Bykovnia graves”“Historical–Memorial Complex ‘Graves of Bykivnia’”“National Historic Memorial Bykivnia graves”
- Established: September 21, 2012
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kyiv-Lisky Railway Station and Metro station Lisova.
Kyiv-Lisky Railway Station
Kyiv-Lisky Railway Station is situated 3½ km southwest of Bykivnia graves.
Metro station Lisova
Lisova is the terminus station of the… Metro station Lisova is situated 3½ km west of Bykivnia graves.
Saint Nicholas Sviatosha church
Saint Nicholas Sviatosha church is situated 4 km west of Bykivnia graves.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rybne and Bykivnia.
Bykivnia graves
- Category: burial
- Location
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Latitude
50.47217° or 50° 28′ 20″ north
Longitude
30.6966° or 30° 41′ 48″ east
Open location code
9G2GFMCW+VJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Bykivnia graves” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقابر بيكيفنيا”
- Armenian: “Բիկիվնյայի գերեզմաններ”
- Bengali: “বাইকিভনিয়া কবরস্থান”
- Chinese: “布伊基夫尼亚坟地”
- Finnish: “Bykivnjan haudat”
- French: “Tombes de Bykivnia”
- Georgian: “ბიკივნიას სამარხები”
- German: “Nationales Geschichts- und Gedenkreservat „Bykownjan-Gräber“”
- Greek: “τάφοι της Μπικίβνια”
- Indonesian: “Pemakaman Bykivnia”
- Polish: “Bykownia”
- Polish: “Polski Cmentarz Wojenny w Kijowie-Bykowni”
- Portuguese: “Túmulos de Bykivnia”
- Russian: “Быковнянские могилы”
- Russian: “Заповедник Быковнянские могилы”
- Russian: “Национальный историко-мемориальный заповедник «Быковнянские могилы»”
- Spanish: “Tumbas de Bikivniá”
- Telugu: “బైకివ్నియా సమాధులు”
- Ukrainian: “Биківнянські могили”
- Ukrainian: “Заповідник Биківнянські могили”
- Ukrainian: “Національний історико-меморіальний заповідник «Биківнянські могили»”
- Ukrainian: “Польський військовий цвинтар”
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Highlights include Биківнянські могили and Пляхово.
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