Vasily Velichko | Nazino Tragedy in 1933 | Shorts
Channel: Miasma Reading
Date: 2024-02-16

Rumors of the horror reached Vasily Velichko, a local communist instructor in July 1933. He initiated his own investigation and wrote an 11-page report about the incident. 

Included in the report were retellings from local Ostyak people, detainees, and survivors. Velicho's report elaborated on the death tolls and living situation. Also disclosed were the findings of 31 mass graves with 50+ corpses in each grave. 

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The Nazino Tragedy started as a proposal, created by USSR officials, to rehome people who were presumed to be rebels into forced settlements or agricultural prisons. However, Approximately 7,000 prisoners soon found themselves abandoned on a remote Siberian island with scarce food, no tools or shelters, fighting for survival. Eventually, some resorted to cannibalism as a means to survive.


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