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The massacre was not an unusual incident in Belarus during World War II. At least 5,295 Belarusian settlements were burned and destroyed by the Nazis, and often all their inhabitants were killed (some amounting to as many as 1,500 victims) as a punishment for collaboration with partisans.
Come and See [a] is a 1985 Soviet anti-war film directed by Elem Klimov and starring Aleksei Kravchenko and Olga Mironova. [4] Its screenplay, written by Klimov and Ales Adamovich, is based on the 1971 novel Khatyn [5] and the 1977 collection of survivor testimonies I Am from the Fiery Village [6] (Я из огненной деревни, Ya iz ognennoy derevni), [7] of which Adamovich was a ...
Narmeln (Russian: Нармельн, Polish: Polski), alternatively known as Polski, [1] is an abandoned village in Baltiysky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.It is located on the Vistula Spit, on the border with Poland, the westernmost point of Russia.
The 1986 drama film Descended from the Heaven (Russian: Сошедшие с небес) was based on the novel by Aleksei Kapler. It is the story of an ordinary Soviet couple that struggles with the difficulties of post-World War II life. In the film's finale it is revealed that they perished in the Adzhimushkay Quarry, and the film is in fact ...
Vyatskoye's location within Russia Vyatskoye's location within Khabarovsk Krai Landsat7 image of Vyatskoye village and camp. Vyatskoye (Russian: Вя́тское) (alternatively known as Viatsk or Viatskoe) is a small fishing village in Khabarovsky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the east side of the Amur River, 70 kilometers (43 mi) northeast of Khabarovsk.
During World War II, an airfield was built in the district of Aeroport, for the Alaska-Siberian air route, used to ferry American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Eastern Front. [11] Oymyakon is located near the historic Road of Bones. [12] Over the last few decades, the population of Oymyakon has shrunk significantly.
A volcano erupted in Russia hours before a magnitude 7 earthquake shook the ground near the country's east coast, according to the United States Geological Survey.. On Saturday, the Shiveluch ...
The airfield and village were captured by the 6th Infantry Division of the Finnish Army and the 169th Mountain Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht in August 1941. Before the liberation on September 14, 1944, the military airfield played an important role for Germany: it carried out raids on Kandalaksha and the Kirov Railway .