Museum of Political Repression Victims
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Museum of Political Repression Victims — it was opened in 1925 in the building where the main repressive bodies of the state, the Emergency Commission, the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs and Committee for State Security were located.[1] There were detention cells in the basement of the building, questioning rooms, and places where inmates were shot who sentenced for death[2][3]
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Azerbaijani: Siyasi Repressiya Qurbanları Muzeyi | |
Established | May 24, 2019 |
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Location | Baku |
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The museum's exposition tells about the saddest years of Azerbaijan's history, the repressive policy of the USSR in 1920–1950, which resulted in the political repression of hundred of thousands of public figures and statesmen, delegates of art, culture, science and ordinary citizens.[4][5]