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The film depicts the heart-rending story of the 1962 Novocherkassk shooting. Public knowledge on the mass protest and its brutal dispersion was suppressed in the USSR before the regime change; in Russia today, it is facing the risk of quieting again.
The Novocherkassk massacre (Russian: Новочеркасский расстрел, romanized: Novocherkasskiy rasstrel) was a massacre which was committed by the Soviet army and KGB against unarmed civilians who were rallying on 2 June 1962 in the Soviet city of Novocherkassk.
Unlike the photographs used in the public narratives of the events, domestic snapshots of the Novocherkassk inhabitants bear no witness to the physical event of demonstrations, militia, or casualties — yet they prove to be powerful visual prompts for narrating the events of June 1962.
The first article devoted to the Novocherkassk events that was published by a Soviet newspaper appeared in June 1988, and it was followed by dozens of exposes. Since 1991, documentary films, articles, and books have appeared, and the entire affair was subjected to an official investigation by the Chief Military Procuracy.
The 1962 mass murder the USSR covered up. 26 dead, dozens wounded, 7 executed and hundreds sent to jail. In 1962 in the southern Russian city of Novocherkassk, a protest by unarmed workers was ...
On this day in 1962, the Novocherkassk Massacre happened in the Soviet Union. The army and KGB opened fire against unarmed protestors, killing at least 26, injuring 87, and arresting over 200.
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The Novocherkassk tragedy exposed the fraud and hypocrisy of the criminal totalitarian regime. On January 1, 1962, wages were lowered by 30 to 35 percent at the largest electrolocomotive plant in Novocherkassk (NEVZ).
