List of massacres in Belarus


The following is a partial list of selected massacres that are known to have occurred in the territory of modern-day Belarus :
NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Pinsk massacreApril 5, 1919Pinsk35Jewish men from illegal gathering of suspected Bolshevik cell executed by Polish troops during Polish–Soviet War.
Kurapaty massacres1937–1941Kurapaty 7,000–30,000NKVD summary executions
Massacre of Brzostowica MałaSeptember 18, 1939Malaya Berestovitsa50ethnic Poles massacred by Belarusian peasants on the second day of the Soviet invasion of Poland.
Slutsk AffairOctober 1941Slutsk4,000part of the Holocaust; non-Jewish residents also killed
Dzyatlava massacreApril 29 and August 10, 1942Diatłowo 1,500carried out by the SS and Belarusian Auxiliary Police.
Mirnaya massacreDecember, 1942Mirnaya, Belarus :be:Мірная|147Nazi retribution for partisan attacks
Khatyn massacreMarch 22, 1943Khatyn149Nazi troops from Ukrainian Auxiliary Police destroyed entire village.
Naliboki massacreMay 8, 1943Naliboki128Polish civilians massacred by the Soviet partisans.
2011 Minsk Metro bombingApril 11, 2011Minsk15including 204 injured