Kalinin (Tver) NKVD prison
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The Kalinin (Tver) NKVD prison was a Soviet secret police detention facility where thousands of Polish prisoners of war were executed in 1940 as part of the Katyn massacre.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NKVD prison
ⓘ
detention facility ⓘ execution site ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Soviet cover-up of Katyn massacre ⓘ |
| bodiesBuriedAt | Mednoye mass graves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodiesTransportedTo | Mednoye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Soviet–Polish relations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| date | 1940 ⓘ |
| eventEndDate | 1940-05 ⓘ |
| eventStartDate | 1940-04 ⓘ |
| governingBodyAtTime | Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Upper Volga region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kalinin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian SFSR NERFINISHED ⓘ Tver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| methodOfExecution | gunshot to the back of the head ⓘ |
| namedAfter | city of Kalinin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Katyn massacre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
execution of Polish prisoners of war in 1940 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
NKVD
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet secret police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Katyn massacre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet security apparatus ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
NKVD execution squads
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation | Tver, Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | site of mass murder of Poles ⓘ |
| relatedMemorial | Mednoye memorial complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Katyn Forest massacre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NKVD prison in Kharkiv NERFINISHED ⓘ Smolensk NKVD prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Soviet occupation of eastern Poland
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| topic |
Soviet political repression
ⓘ
crimes of Stalinism ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
detention of political prisoners
ⓘ
detention of prisoners of war ⓘ interrogation ⓘ mass executions ⓘ |
| victimNationality | Polish ⓘ |
| victims |
Polish officers
ⓘ
Polish prisoners of war ⓘ members of Polish intelligentsia ⓘ |
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