Zmievskaya Balka

47°14′44″N 39°39′06″E / 47.2456°N 39.6517°E / 47.2456; 39.6517

Zmievskaya Balka (Russian: Змиёвская балка, IPA: [zmʲɪˈjɵfskəjə ˈbaɫkə]; "Ravine of the snakes") is a site in Rostov-on-Don, Russia at which 27,000 Jews and other Soviet civilians were massacred from 1942 to 1943 by the SS Einsatzgruppe D during the Holocaust in Russia. It is considered to be the largest single mass killing site of Jews in the Russian SFSR during the Second World War.

The Zmievskaya Balka Memorial monument was unveiled at the site on 9 May 1975.

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