At the end of 1914 and the beginning of 1915, soldiers of the Second Brigade of the Polish Legions, as part of the Austro-Hungarian c.c. army, participated in the Gorgan crossing. The legionaries built a road through the Rogodze Wielkie Pass (henceforth called the Legion Pass) and crossed to the 'Russian' side. After the battle with the Russians at Molotkov, most of the troops were withdrawn behind the Legion Pass, to the so-called 'Hungarian' side. Some soldiers, due to wounds and illnesses, did not survive this retreat. They were buried in the Plajska Valley.

The legionaries' cemetery is located on a meadow under the forest. Over time, the graves have become overgrown with grass and forest cover. In 1994, members of the Polish Tatra Society renovated the cemetery - the cross located here was surrounded by a fence, 28 graves were fortified with earth and surrounded each of them with stones, and crosses were placed on the graves. In the depth of the cemetery, in its main axis, a 3.5-metre-long stylised oak cross was placed. On the stone mound at the base of the cross were placed 2 black granite plaques. The large plaque bears an inscription in Polish, the small one in Ukrainian. By the first row of graves, on the main axis, a second cross was placed - with the figure of Christ. The inscription in Polish reads: "Cemetery of soldiers / of the 2nd Brigade of the Polish Legions / killed and deceased in the years 1914-15 / on the trail towards the independence of the Fatherland / Honouring their Memory / Founded through the efforts / of the O. Ł. Pol. Tow. Tatrzański / from a grant of the local government / of the city of Łódź / 1994". The inscription in Ukrainian, translated into Polish, reads "Eternal to their memory".