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| navigate by keyword : 1940 21857 accordance according archival army captured carried citizens complex cpsub decision dedicated documents executionmass executions forest from joint katyn killings march memorial memory mostly nkvd officers out people polish politburo published region resolution russia russianpolish shot smolensk spring there today total tragedy troika ussr victims were |
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| The memorial complex in Katyn in the Smolensk region of Russia. Katyn execution-mass killings of Polish citizens, mostly captured officers of the Polish army, carried out in the spring of 1940. The executions were carried out by the decision of the `Troika` of the NKVD of the USSR in accordance with the resolution of the Politburo of the CPSUb from 5 March 1940. According to the published archival documents, a total of 21,857 people were shot. Today in the Katyn forest there is a joint Russian-Polish memorial dedicated to the memory of the victims of the tragedy. |
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