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Cemetery in Skrobow

Skrobowo | Belarus
biał. Skrobawa (Скробава)
ID: dok-000919-P

Cemetery in Skrobow

Skrobowo | Belarus
biał. Skrobawa (Скробава)
Cemetery with Polish gravestone monuments. Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).
According to Anna Lewkowska, Jacek Lewkowski and Wojciech Walczak, the war cemetery in Skrobów has a square plan and an area of 570 m² fenced with metal posts and chains. To quote the aforementioned authors: "overgrown with grass, fenced with metal posts and chains, in the central part a square quarter, behind it a vertical slab with an inscription plaque. Approximately 1,000 Russian soldiers killed in battle with German troops in 1917 are buried in the grave. The site was cleaned up and the slab erected in 1984." The inscription reads: "30-31 OKTJABRJA 1917 GODA GRJENARDIERSKI KORPUS / 2 - J RUSSKOJ ARMII RAZGROMIŁ GERMAN ZACHWATCZIKOW NA UČSTKIE ZAPADNOGO FRONTA: SKROBOVO - ZAOSIE - WYZORSK IN NIERAWNOM BOJU GIEROICZESKI PAGIBŁO I OTRAWLJENO GAZAMI ODNA TYSIACZA SOŁDAT I OFICJEROV RUSSKOJ ARMII".
Bibliography:
  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • Lewkowska Anna, Lewkowski Jacek, Walczak Wojciech, „Zabytkowe cmentarze na Kresach Wschodnich Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Wschodnie powiaty dawnego województwa białostockiego (obecnie na terenie Białorusi), Warszawa 2007.
Author:
Bartłomiej Gutowski, Dawid Mendrek
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