Central Ukraine
Kyiv
Desnianskyi raion

Bykivnia graves

The Bykivnia graves are a National Historic Memorial next to the former village of Bykivnia within 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".
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  • Type: 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”, “Cmentarz Bykownia”, “Historical–Memorial Complex ‘Graves of Bykivnia’”, and “National Historic Memorial Bykivnia graves”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kyiv-Lisky Railway Station and Metro station Lisova.

Railway station
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is situated 3½ km southwest of Bykivnia graves.

Metro station
Photo: Kut Lyosha, Public domain.
Lisova is the terminus station of the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line on the Kyiv Metro system that serves , the capital of . It opened on 5 December 1979. is situated 3½ km west of Bykivnia graves.

Church
Photo: Batsv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 4 km west of Bykivnia graves.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rybne and Bykovnia.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Suburb
Photo: AlexanderVovck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb.

Quarter
Photo: Аимаина хикари, CC0.
is a quarter.

Bykivnia graves

Latitude
50.47217° or 50° 28′ 20″ north
Longitude
30.6966° or 30° 41′ 48″ east
Inception
September 21st, 2012
Open location code
9G2GFMCW+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 613952686
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­grave_yard
Wiki­data ID
Q8513614
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Bykivnia graves” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բիկիվնյայի գերեզմաններ”
  • Chinese: “布伊基夫尼亚坟地”
  • French: “Tombes de Bykivnia”
  • German: “Nationales Geschichts- und Gedenkreservat „Bykownjan-Gräber“”
  • Greek: “τάφοι της Μπικίβνια”
  • Polish: “Bykownia”
  • Polish: “Polski Cmentarz Wojenny w Kijowie-Bykowni”
  • Russian: “Быковнянские могилы”
  • Russian: “Заповедник Быковнянские могилы”
  • Russian: “Национальный историко-мемориальный заповедник «Быковнянские могилы»”
  • Spanish: “Tumbas de Bikivniá”
  • Ukrainian: “Биківнянські могили”
  • Ukrainian: “Заповідник Биківнянські могили”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний історико-меморіальний заповідник «Биківнянські могили»”
  • Ukrainian: “Польський військовий цвинтар”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Биківнянські могили and Пляхово.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bykivnia graves”. Photo: UAWeBeR, CC BY-SA 3.0.