Novosel’tsy

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Memorial Katyn

Memorial

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Katyn war cemetery is a Polish military cemetery located in Katyn, a small village 22 kilometres away from Smolensk, Russia, on the road to Vitebsk. It contains the remnants of 4,412 Polish officers of the Kozelsk prisoner of war camp, who were murdered in 1940 in what is called the Katyn massacre. Memorial Katyn is situated 3 km southeast of Novosel’tsy.

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Katyn

Village

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Katyn is a rural locality in Smolensky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located approximately 20 kilometers to the west of Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. The village had a population of 1,737 in 2007. Katyn is situated 6 km southwest of Novosel’tsy.

Gnyozdovo

Village

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Gnyozdovo is a village in Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Dnieper River twelve kilometers downstream from Smolensk, in the proximity of Katyn. Gnyozdovo is situated 7 km east of Novosel’tsy.

Volnyarovo

Hamlet

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Volnyarovo is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km southwest of Novosel’tsy.

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