Katyn Page

In communist-controlled Poland, mentioning the Soviet role in Katyn was a crime; the official state narrative strictly blamed Germany for decades. The Path to Truth

The "Katyn Lie" finally began to crumble during the era of glasnost under Mikhail Gorbachev. They publicized the find to drive a wedge

In April 1943, Nazi German forces occupying the region discovered mass graves in the Katyn forest near Smolensk. They publicized the find to drive a wedge between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union. The Polish "intelligentsia"—military officers

While Russia has provided many documents, it has resisted labeling the event as "genocide," and recent political tensions have led to renewed questioning of the official narrative within Russia. A Persistent Wound In communist-controlled Poland

The Soviet Union officially acknowledged that the NKVD had carried out the executions.

The Polish "intelligentsia"—military officers, police, professors, lawyers, and doctors—intended to decapitate the Polish nation's leadership.