Cemetery of Soviet soldiers ( Polish. Cmentarz Żołnierzy Radzieckich ) - a cemetery in the town of Zywiec , Silesian Voivodeship , Poland , which buried 1,120 soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army who died in 1945 during the liberation of the city and its surroundings from Nazi invaders.
| Military cemetery | |
| Cemetery of Soviet soldiers | |
|---|---|
 Central commemorative sign with the inscription "To the heroes of the Red Army is the city of Zywiec" | |
| A country |  Poland |
| City | Zhivets |
| First mention | 1948 year |
| Building | 1948 - 1951 |
The cemetery is located at: Zhivets , st. Moshanitskaya.
History
During the fighting in 1945 in the area of the Silesian city of Zywiec, 1,555 Soviet soldiers were killed, who were buried near the front line.
In 1948, their remains were exhumed, 1120 of them were buried in the Zywiec cemetery, and the rest - 595 in s. Dry Beskydy, where a similar cemetery arose.
In 1951, military cemeteries of fallen Soviet soldiers were created at the expense of the city budget in Zhivets and Sukhoi.
Over the years, the patronage of the cemetery was carried out by the youth of local agricultural schools.
Links
- Żywiecczyzna 60 lat temu (Polish)