Katyn massacre
Soviet mass murder of ca. 22,000 Poles in several parts of European Russia, including in the Katyn forest, which became a pars pro toto name for the whole massacre
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Summary
Katyn massacre is a massacre[1]. It ranks in the top 0.88% of massacre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,023 views/month, #7 of 795).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Soviet Union[3]
- Instance of: mass murder[4], mass killings under communist regimes[5], war crime[6]
- Location: Katyn[7], Tver[8], Kharkiv[9]
- Part of: Soviet invasion of Poland[10], Soviet repressions of Polish citizens[11]
- Commons category: Katyn Massacre[12]
- Target: Polish Land Forces[13], Polish Border Guard[14], Poles[15], Policja[16]
- Start time: April 1940[17]
- End time: May 1940[18]
- Point in time: 1940[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Katyn massacre[20]
- Number of injured: 0[21]
- Different from: Katyń[22], Khatyn massacre[23]
- Time period: World War II[24]
- Number of perpetrators: 50[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[26]
- Perpetrator: NKVD[27]
- Victim(s): Leon Billewicz[28], Bronisław Bohatyrewicz[29], Xawery Czernicki[30], Stanisław Haller de Hallenburg[31], Aleksander Kowalewski[32], Henryk Minkiewicz[33], Kazimierz Łukoski[34], Konstanty Plisowski[35], Rudolf Prich[36], Franciszek Sikorski[37], Leonard Skierski[38], Piotr Skuratowicz[39], Mieczysław Makary Smorawiński[40], Alojzy Wir-Konas[41]
Why It Matters
Katyn massacre has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]