Military cemetery (Kolo)

The military cemetery ( Polish Cmentarz wojenny ) is a necropolis where Soviet soldiers are buried who died during fierce battles for the liberation of the Polish city ​​of Kolo and its environs (now Greater Poland Voivodeship ) during the Second World War .

Cemetery
Military cemetery
Cmentarz wojenny
A country	Poland
Location	Alley of John Paul II, Kolo
First mention	XIX century
Building	1945
Status	state-protected monument
condition	periodically subjected to vandal destruction

Monument to Soviet soldiers and officers buried in the military cemetery in Kolo

It is located on the Warsaw - Poznan highway, in the eastern part of the city, on the territory of one of the urban areas - Osadle Warsaw (pol. Osiedle Warszawskie). 542 Soviet soldiers and officers were buried in the cemetery ^[1] . Of these, 109 are known, 433 are unknown.

In the central part there is a monument with the symbol of the USSR - a sickle and a hammer and the inscription: "Cześć i chwała bohaterom Armii Radzieckiej, poległym o wyzwolenie miasta Koła i okolic w dniach 19-21 stycznia 1945 r." (Honor and glory to the heroes of the Soviet Army, fallen for the liberation of the city of Kolo and its environs on January 19-21, 1945 ”). Below are the names of the fallen. There are more than a hundred tombstones.

In February 1997, the remains of another 13 Soviet soldiers found and exhumed in the town of Slupca were buried in the cemetery.

In addition, a second monument was erected at the military cemetery in Kolo in honor of unknown Polish pilots who fell in air battles over the city during the September 1939 campaign . The monument is decorated with a cross and a broken propeller on a tombstone.

On the territory of the cemetery, the remains of the burial places of Orthodox residents of Kolo of the XIX century have been preserved.

The ministry of the territorial economy and construction of the Republic of Poland patronizes the cemetery.