The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920., photo MKiDN, 2018
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Photo showing The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war
The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920., photo MKiDN, 2018
License: all rights reserved
Photo showing The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war
The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920., photo MKiDN, 2018
License: all rights reserved
Photo showing The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war
The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920., photo MKiDN, 2018
License: all rights reserved
Photo showing The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war
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The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war

ID: WOJ-000103-W/58285 (BY-2234)

The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war

In the parish cemetery, in the north-western corner, a war cemetery was set up in the 1920s, to which the bodies of Polish soldiers killed in battles against the Bolsheviks and buried in the villages were transferred: Bohuszewicze, Bortniki, Bortułki, Domosze, Hatowszczyzna, Kolonia Świderskiego, Krzywicze (Dzisna district), Lisice, Mniuta, Plissa, Sielezniowo, Starzyna, Stodoliszcze, Szabany, Tuszyn, Wojtkowo, Zarowje, Zaułki. The quarters are located at the very entrance to the cemetery, by the gate. Originally there were 62 graves here, at an undetermined time the architecture of the quarters was changed, forming 6 mass graves. At least 145 soldiers were buried there - 15 known by name and 130 unnamed. It is possible that two soldiers mentioned in documents preserved in the Lithuanian Historical Archive (LCVA) - Specht and Aleksandr Žbikowski - are also buried here, but their names were not engraved on the gravestones. The graves are earthen, framed by low curbs. There are 3 vertical concrete slabs on each - the middle one has a cross and the two side ones are engraved with the names of the fallen. The renovation of the quarters was carried out in 2017-2018 by the Foundation Aid to Poles in the East as part of a task subsidised by the programme of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage "Sites of National Remembrance Abroad". Due to the considerable deterioration of the gravestone material, granite replicas were made.

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22.06.2022
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The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920. Photo showing The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war Gallery of the object +3
The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920., photo MKiDN, 2018
The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920. Photo showing The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war Gallery of the object +3
The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920., photo MKiDN, 2018
The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920. Photo showing The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war Gallery of the object +3
The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920., photo MKiDN, 2018
The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920. Photo showing The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war Gallery of the object +3
The quarters of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920., photo MKiDN, 2018

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