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Katyn, the Soviet massacre of over 21,000 Polish prisoners in 1940, has come to be remembered as Stalin's emblematic mass murder, an event obscured by one of the most extensive cover-ups in history. Yet paradoxically, a majority of its victims perished far from the forest in western Russia that...

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Main Authors: Ėtkind, Aleksandr, 1955- (Author), Finnin, Rory (Author), Blacker, Uilleam (Author), Fedor, Julie (Author), Lewis, Simon (Author), Mälksoo, Maria, 1979- (Author), Mroz, Matilda (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, Massachusetts : Polity Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940.
World War, 1939-1945 > Poland.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Soviet Union.
Polish people > Crimes against > Russia (Federation) > Katynʹ > History > 20th century.
Prisoners of war > Crimes against > Russia (Federation) > Katynʹ > History > 20th century.
Victims of crimes > Poland > Biography.
Families > Poland > Biography.
Massacres > Soviet Union.
Poland > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Poland.
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Summary:Katyn, the Soviet massacre of over 21,000 Polish prisoners in 1940, has come to be remembered as Stalin's emblematic mass murder, an event obscured by one of the most extensive cover-ups in history. Yet paradoxically, a majority of its victims perished far from the forest in western Russia that gives the tragedy its name.
Physical Description:xxviii, 185 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-177) and index.
ISBN:9780745655765
0745655769
9780745655772 (pb)
0745655777 (pb)