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English translation of the title: Katyń Elegy
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English translation of first line: In the forest mounds
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The poem reflects on the massacre of thousands of Polish officers in Katyń Forest in 1940 by the NKVD, on Stalin's orders.
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Subjects:
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cFormer Soviet Union,cEastern Europe, Europe,
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Katyn,
cRussia,ccFormer Soviet Union,cEastern Europe, Europe,
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