The Memorial Complex In Katyn In The Smolensk Region Of Russia. Stock Photo

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.