evidence: The Blagoveshchensk massacres and Sixty-Four Villages East of the River massacres are the massacre occurred in Blagoveshchensk and Sixty-Four Villages East of the River during July 4–8 (Old Style), 1900. [...] Lieutenant-General Konstantin Nikolaevich Gribskii, ordered the expulsion of all Qing subjects who remained north of the river.[2] This included the residents of the villages, and Chinese traders and workers who lived in Blagoveshchensk proper, where they numbered anywhere between one-sixth and one-half of the local population of 30,000.[2][3] They were taken by the local police and driven into the river to be drowned. Those who could swim were shot by the Russian forces.[4] [...] The original article can be found at Blagoveshchensk massacre and Sixty-Four Villages East of the River massacre and the edit history here.