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Katyn massacre
The '''Katyn massacre''' is the name of a series of killings, done by the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] army, during [[World War II]]. Members of the [[NKVD]] killed nearlyabout 22,000 [[Poland|Polish]] [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]], in a wood near [[Katyn]], about {{convert|20|km}} from [[Smolensk]]. Most of the prisoners killed were officers. The Katyn massacre happened in April 1940, and was ordered by [[Stalin]] himself on Beria's recommendations. It took until 1990 for the Soviet Union/Russia to say it was responsible. In 1990, [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] officially apologised. The Katyn massacre is one in a series of [[NKVD prisoner massacres|similar massacres]], where up to 100,000 people were killed.


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[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:1940s in the Soviet Union]]