Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire

What happened in the 1940s in the woods outside Kalinin?

Asked by Jill W on 10 Aug 07:55

Last updated by Jill W on 10 Aug 07:56

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Answered by Jill W on 10 Aug 07:56

In the 1940s outside the woods near Kalinin, Stalin had ordered NKVD executioners to slaughter fifteen thousand Polish military officers. The bodies were then thrown into rows of mass graves.

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Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire