List of massacres in Belarus
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Belarus (numbers may be approximate):
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinsk massacre | April 5, 1919 | Pinsk | 35 | alleged communist conspirators, all Jews, executed without trial by Polish troops |
| Kurapaty massacre | 1937-41 | Kurapaty | 7,000-30,000 | NKVD executions |
| Massacre of Brzostowica Mała | September 18, 1939 | Brzostowica Mała | 7-50 | ethnic Poles killed by other local residents, enabled by Soviet troops |
| Slutsk Affair | October 1941 | Slutsk | 4000 | part of the Holocaust; non-Jewish residents also killed |
| Dzyatlava massacre | April 29 and August 10, 1942 | Diatłowo | 1500 | part of the Holocaust |
| Mirnaya massacre | December, 1942 | Mirnaya, modern day Belarus | 147 | Nazi retribution for partisan attacks |
| Khatyn massacre | March 22, 1943 | Khatyn | 149 | Nazi troops, predominantly ethnic Ukrainian, destroyed entire village
not to be confused with Katyn massacre |
| Naliboki massacre | May 8, 1943 | Naliboki | 128 | Soviets killed residents thought to belong to the Polish nationalist Armia Krajowa partisans |
| 2011 Minsk Metro bombing | April 11, 2011 | Minsk | 15 | 204 injured |
