People attend a "Night of the executed poets" event at a mass grave in Kuropaty on the outskirts of Minsk, October 29, 2017. More than 100 Belarussians including 22 writers and poets were executed by the NKVD secret service, predecessor of the present-day Belarussian KGB secret service, overnight on October 29, 1937. October 29 is marked as an unofficial day of commemoration for victims of political repression. Between 600,000 and 1.5 million people fell victim to Stalin's repressions in Belarus, according to various estimates, local media reported. Photo taken October 29, 2017. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko