Military cemetery in Szczyperno ( Polish: Ukraiński Cmentarz Wojskowy w Kaliszu , Ukrainian: Ukrainian viskisky tsvintar ) is a military cemetery located in the housing estate of Szczyperno in Kalisz , in Poland .
History
It was founded in 1914 as a cemetery of prisoners in a Prussian prison camp for prisoners of war from the Entente (Russian, English and French). In 1917, Polish legionnaires who died in the camp were also buried.
During the Soviet-Polish war, burials were carried out (1919-1921) of the dead captured Red Army soldiers in camp No. 5 in Shchiperno . Also in 1920-1924. - deceased fighters of anti-Bolshevik Ukrainian and White Guard formations, which the authorities of the Polish Republic interned in the same camp.
Since 1929, a military cemetery. In 1945, it was destroyed. It was restored in 1995-2001, reopened in 1999, and since then it has been called the Ukrainian Military Cemetery (Ukraiński Cmentarz Wojskowy).
As of 1997, at least 1 mass grave of the Red Army prisoners who had died was preserved [1] . Basically, the burial places of internees from the UPR army were preserved, on the basis of which the Ukrainian military cemetery in Kalish-Shchiperno was formed [2] .
See also
- Soviet-Polish war of 1919-1921
- Prisoners of war of the Polish-Soviet war
- Military cemetery in Pikulitsa
- Prisoner of War Cemetery in Tuchola
- The cemetery of prisoners of war and internees near Stshalkov
- Military cemetery in Wadowice
- Cemetery at Camp Domba
Notes
- ↑ Red Army soldiers in Polish captivity in 1919-1922 .. - Collection of documents and materials. - M .; St. Petersburg: Summer Garden, 2004 .-- S. 783. - 936 p. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 5-94381-135-4 .
- ↑ In Warsaw, the graves of the Petliurites were ordered . In Warsaw, the graves of the Petliurites were streamlined. Date of appeal October 30, 2017.