- It should not be confused with Khatyn or Katun .
Katyn [1] [2] is a village in the Smolensk region of Russia , about 18 km west of the modern center of Smolensk . The administrative center of the Katyn rural settlement . The railway station of the same name on the Smolensk railway line .
| Village | |
| Katyn | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Smolensk region |
| Municipal District | Smolensky district |
| Rural settlement | Katyn |
| History and Geography | |
| Square | 27.94 km² |
| Center height | 167 m |
| Climate type | moderately continental |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 1737 people ( 2007 ) |
| Density | 62.17 people / km² |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +7 481 |
| Postcode | 214522 |
| OKATO Code | 66244836001 |
| OKTMO Code | |
Katyn gained fame as the site of the massacre of Polish captured officers and Soviet citizens by the NKVD authorities, as well as in connection with the crash in 2010 of an airplane aboard which the Polish delegation led by the President of the Republic of Poland flew to visit the Katyn memorial over 70- anniversary of the Katyn execution .
History and title
There are three versions of the origin of the name:
- From the verb to roll , roll (it is possible that the ships on the way from the Varangians to the Greeks rolled on skating rinks from the Dnieper basin to the Western Dvina basin ).
- From Old Russian Katya , Katun (camp, camp, camp).
- From the Belarusian and Ukrainian kat (executioner): in Polish, “Katyn” is a butcher's place [3] . (Smolensk lands were ruled by the Commonwealth from 1618 to 1667.)
Population
| Population |
|---|
| 2007 |
| 1737 |
The population is 1,737 people (2007).
Economics
Enterprises
- JSC "Katyn",
- CJSC Stroy-Olax,
- OJSC "SARS-Katyn" (a diversified enterprise of housing and communal services),
- CJSC AK Olaks,
- Agrofirma-Katyn CJSC (agricultural producer),
- Smolenskavtoremservis OJSC
- Smolenskgazavtoservis,
- Gas station
- sausage shop
- dairy shop
- confectionary shop,
- sewing factory,
- bakery.
Institutions
- Automatic telephone exchange
- College of Industry Technologies,
- secondary school,
- kindergartens
- sanatorium of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "Borok",
- dispensary
- hospital,
- children's Hospital,
- School of Music,
- House of Culture
- two libraries
- post office.
Attractions
- Kurgan group (38 mounds) in the village.
- Neolithic parking (10 parking). Approximate age - 10 thousand years.
For five kilometers east of Katyn, along the right bank of the Dnieper, is one of the largest archaeological complexes in Russia - the Gnezdovsky mounds , which includes two ancient settlements and more than ten burial mounds (several thousand mounds proper). All monuments belong to the IX - XI centuries.
To the south-east of Katyn is the Katyn Forest , located near Gnezdovo and known as one of the places of the Katyn massacre - mass executions and burials of captured Polish officers, as well as Soviet citizens.
Notes
- ↑ Memorial "Katyn"
- ↑ The film "Katyn" excited Smolyan (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 17, 2010. Archived April 14, 2010.
- ↑ "Katyn-2." Today , April 12, 2010, p. 2