Katyn war cemetery

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The Katyn war cemetery is a memorial burial ground in Russia honoring the thousands of Polish officers and intellectuals executed by the Soviet NKVD during the Katyn massacre of 1940.

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
memorial
war cemetery
associatedCountryOfVictims Poland
associatedWithConflict World War II
causeOfDeathsCommemorated execution
commemorates Polish intellectuals executed by the NKVD
Polish officers executed by the NKVD
Polish prisoners of war
victims of the Katyn massacre
country Russia
eventCommemorated Katyn massacre
executingAuthorityInCommemoratedEvent NKVD
surface form: Soviet NKVD
governingBody authorities of the Russian Federation
hasGravesOf Polish Army officers
Polish prisoners of war executed in 1940
hasMemorialsTo Polish intellectuals
Polish officers
historicalPeriod World War II era
languageOfMemorialInscriptions Polish
Russian
locatedIn Katyn war cemetery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Katyn Forest

Russia
Smolensk Oblast
massacreYear 1940
memorialType military cemetery
war memorial
perpetratorOfCommemoratedEvent NKVD
purpose to honor Polish victims of the Katyn massacre
to provide a burial and memorial site for executed Polish officers
relatedTo Katyn massacre
NKVD
Polish–Soviet relations
surface form: Polish–Russian relations

World War II crimes by the Soviet Union
significance site of remembrance for the Katyn massacre
symbol of Soviet repression of Poles
victims Polish intelligentsia
Polish military officers
Polish police officers
victimsNationality Polish

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Subject: Katyn war cemetery
Description of subject: The Katyn war cemetery is a memorial burial ground in Russia honoring the thousands of Polish officers and intellectuals executed by the Soviet NKVD during the Katyn massacre of 1940.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Katyn massacre memorialsAt Katyn war cemetery
Katyn war cemetery locatedIn Katyn war cemetery self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Katyn Forest
Katyń Memorial Day locationOfPrimaryEvent Katyn war cemetery
this entity surface form: Katyń Forest near Smolensk
Kozelsk camp transferDestination Katyn war cemetery
this entity surface form: Katyn Forest
Kozelsk camp transferDestination Katyn war cemetery
this entity surface form: NKVD execution sites near Smolensk
Kozelsk camp memorializedBy Katyn war cemetery
this entity surface form: Katyn memorials and commemorations
Paulus Hook neighborhood hasLandmark Katyn war cemetery
subject surface form: Paulus Hook
this entity surface form: Katyń Memorial