It is official: Stalin ordered Katyn massacre
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#1: It is official: Stalin ordered Katyn massacre Author: Tippi-Simo, Location: Helsinki PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:09 am
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Russian parliament: Stalin ordered Katyn massacre
By JIM HEINTZ
The Associated Press
Friday, November 26, 2010; 10:20 AM

MOSCOW -- The World War II Katyn massacres were committed on the direct order of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, Russia's lower house of parliament said Friday - a statement hailed by Polish officials.

The 1940 massacre of around 20,000 Polish officers and other prominent citizens in western Russia by Soviet secret police has long soured relations between the two countries. President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Poland in early December.


Rest here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/26/AR2010112601044.html
 
Wow, that took a loooooong time! But better late than never.


P.S. Winter War started 71 years ago.
#2: Re: It is official: Stalin ordered Katyn massacre Author: kawasaky, Location: Zagreb, Hrvatska PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:26 pm
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Of course he did. No massacre of that scale could have ever been carried out if it wasn't a tool of some policy. In this case the Soviet policy against the Polish social/intellectual elite.
#3: Re: It is official: Stalin ordered Katyn massacre Author: Holger1,  PostPosted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:41 pm
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Even the last Soviet President Gorbachev has admitted the massacre during the perestroika. Therefore, the confirmation from the Washington Post is not so new.
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