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| Soviet troops at Smolensk, Russia, 1 Jul 1941; note PPSh-41 and Mosin-Nagant weapons | Ivan Konev, Mikhail Sholokhov, Alexander Fadeyev, Petrov, and others, Smolensk, Russia, circa Aug 1941 | Machine gunners of Soviet 20th Army on the Dnieper River near Dorogobuzh, Russia, 1 Sep 1941 | German discovery of the Katyn mass grave, Smolensk Oblast, Russia, Apr 1943, photo 1 of 2 |
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| German discovery of the Katyn mass grave, Smolensk Oblast, Russia, Apr 1943, photo 2 of 2 | Exhumation of bodies of Polish officers, Katyn, Russia, 1943 |
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