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Elsian massacres
Rzëcniô
Part of the First Great War and the Senian Uprising
Berezowica mala cmentarz1.jpg
Monument to the Elsian massacre in Eĺsogoŕsk, Senia
LocationSenia, Tyrnica
Date1912–1915
TargetElsians, other West Ludic groups
Attack type
Massacre, ethnic cleansing, genocide (debated)
Deaths250,000–400,000
PerpetratorsCommittee of National Resurgence
Tyrnican Armed Forces
Novogrodian Armed Forces
Individual groups and perpetrators
MotiveAnti-Elsian sentiment, Senian nationalism, Tyrnican nationalism

The Elsian massacres (Elsian: Rzëcniô, lit. 'the Slaughter'; Tyrnican: Elsisch-Massaker; Senian: ', ') were the systemic killing and dispossession of predominantly Elsians during the First Great War. Organized primarily through local groups allied with the Tyrnican and Novogrodian Armed Forces, as well as the Senian nationalist Committee of National Resurgence, Elsian communities along the Els river valley were targeted for a variety of causes, ranging from fears of engaging with enemy forces to beliefs in ethnic cleansing and homogeneity.

Initially limited to attacks in Tyrnican-administered Cernia and Upper Elsia by the Committee of National Resurgence in mid-1912, ethnic violence quickly spread into the rest of Senia and neighbouring Lower Elsia through individual action and mass paranoia. By 1914, an estimated 250,000–400,000 Elsians were murdered, almost half of the ethnic group's population. Although Elsians were the predominant target of the massacres, smaller groups of Lassians, Orns, and Senians were also targeted, especially those that constituted multi-ethnic families and groups. Today, the massacres are defined as an ethnic cleansing brought on by nationalist sentiments, desperation and fear during wartime, and opportunism to seize property and assets. There is a controversial debate if the actions that took place during the Elsian massacres constitute genocide, with such accusations being primarily made within the Elsian community. Most scholarship attests that although the events clearly denote ethnic cleansing, they do not reach the qualifications of a genocide.

Background

Massacres

Aftermath

Number of victims

Classification as genocide

In popular culture