List of mass shootings in the Soviet Union

This is a list of known mass shootings that have occurred in the Soviet Union.

List of mass shootings in the Soviet Union
Date Location Republic Dead Injured Total Description
26 July 1925 Ivankovo, Kostroma Governorate RSFSR 11 8 19 Grachev murder case: Grigory Grachev shot 11 people and injured eight others.
1 May 1954 Arkhangelsk RSFSR 2 4[lower-alpha 1] 6 Arkhangelsk Trade Unions Square shooting: Nikolai Gavrilovich Romanov shot two people and wounded three others.
11 February 1958 Lyamino RSFSR 7 6 13 Mikhail Tselousov shot seven people and wounded six others.[1]: 134–147 
26 July 1959 Vaindloo ESSR 7 0 7 Theodore Matvievsky shot seven people.[2][3]
7 September 1964 Malyy Melik RSFSR 6 1 7 Yuri Ilyasov shot 6 people and wounded 1.[1]: 147–165 
26/27 September 1968 Kursk RSFSR 14[lower-alpha 1] 11 28 Kursk Railway Station Square shooting: Victor Korshunov and Yury Surovtsev shot 13 people and wounded 11. Korshunov was killed by Surovtsev.
23 November 1970 Murmansk Oblast RSFSR 3 4[lower-alpha 1] 7 Yuri Gaev shot three soldiers and wounded three others.[4]
July 1972 Kuressaare ESSR 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 4 An unknown soldier shot three people and himself.[5][6]
13 December 1975 Permsky District RSFSR 5[lower-alpha 2] 15 20 Alexander Zhidkov and Mikhail Veretelnik killed four people and wounded 14 others. Zhidkov was injured by the police.[1]: 169–177 
7 August 1976 Letipea ESSR 11[lower-alpha 1] 13 24 Letipea massacre: An unknown soldier killed 10 and wounded more than 13 people and then shot himself.
19 May 1977 Leningrad RSFSR 6 3[lower-alpha 1] 9 Anatoly Fedorenko killed six cadets and wounded two. He was also injured by one of the wounded cadets.[1]: 188–190 
23 February 1987 Leningrad Oblast RSFSR 8 0 8 Sakalauskas murder case: Arturas Sakalauskas killed eight people.

See also

Notes
  1. Including the perpetrator
  2. including an unborn child

References
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  2. Filippov, Madis (24 March 2013). "Vaindloo - riigi põhjapoolseim kodu" [Vaindloo - the country's northernmost home]. Postimees (in Estonian). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. "Vier schoten" [Four shots]. Friese Koerier (in Dutch). 4 August 1959. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via Delpher.
  4. Жирнов, Евгений (22 April 2013). "Дело о бойне в казарме" [The barracks massacre case]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. Kiil, Urmas (29 March 2008). "Mälestusi Nõukogude armeega toimunud vahejuhtumitest" [Memories of encounters with the Soviet army]. Saarte Hääl (in Estonian). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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