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Bucha massacre

2022 killing of civilians in the Ukrainian city of Bucha by Russian military force
Event genocide Q111467700
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Summary

Bucha massacre is a genocide[1]. It draws 22,554 Wikipedia views per month (genocide category, ranking #6 of 56).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bucha[3]
  • Country: Ukraine[4]
  • Instance of: war crime[5], massacre[6]
  • Named after: Bucha[7]
  • Location: Bucha[8]
  • Subclass of: human massacre[9]
  • Part of: full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war[10], Kyiv Offensive (2022)[11], Battle of Bucha[12], war crimes in the Russo-Ukrainian war[13], Russian war crimes[14]
  • Commons category: Bucha massacre[15]
  • Target: Ukrainians[16]
  • Start time: February 27, 2022[17]
  • End time: March 31, 2022[18]
  • Point in time: March 2022[19]
  • Participant: Russian Armed Forces[20]
  • Described at URL: https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/butscha-graeueltaten-101.html#content[21], https://www.revista5w.com/temas/conflictos/los-cadaveres-de-la-retirada-rusa-53946[22], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrGZ66uKcl0[23], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW8YYhUIK0s[24]
  • Number of deaths: 411[25], 340[26], 300[27], 280[28]
  • Time period: contemporary history[29]
  • Hashtag: BuchaMassacre[30]
  • Perpetrator: 64th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade[31], Russian Armed Forces[32]

Why It Matters

Bucha massacre has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

contemporary history Ukraine

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . hrw.org. hrw.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . themoscowtimes.com. themoscowtimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ohchr.org. ohchr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Time. Retrieved . time.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . tagesschau.de. tagesschau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . tagesschau.de. tagesschau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . tagesschau.de. tagesschau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . youtube.com. youtube.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . tagesschau.de. tagesschau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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