Police in the capital of Russia's Mari El Republic, Yoshkar-Ola, detained local resident Kirill Voitovich, who came to an event to honor victims of Soviet-era repression on October 30 with a poster in Belarusian saying "The Night of Poets or Black Night, October 29-30. Eternal memory of the Bolshevik terror's victims. Live on forever." Voitovich was marking October 29-30, 1937, when the Soviet security service, the NKVD, executed at least 132 Belarusian and Jewish intellectuals. The mass executions are known as the Night of Poets or Black Night. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Idel.Realities, click here.
Russian Police Detain Man In Mari El For Poster In Belarusian
Kirill Voitovich holds a sign in Belarusian commemorating victims of Bolshevik persecution.