The
1977 Moscow bombings were a series of three bombings in
Moscow committed on January 8, 1977. These terrorist attacks claimed seven lives, while 37 people were seriously injured. No one ever claimed responsibility for the bombing, though three members of an
Armenian nationalist organization were ultimately executed for it after a secret trial following a
KGB investigation. Some
Soviet dissidents claimed that the suspects had an
alibi, and
Andrei Sakharov believed the bombings might have been arranged by the KGB itself. According to historian
Jay Bergman, "who actually caused the explosion has never been determined conclusively".