Copies of historical photos and documents are on display at the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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A man places a flower next to a portrait of a victim of Stalin's political repressions at the Russian part of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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A woman lays flowers on a commemorative monument at the Russian part of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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A candle and flowers are placed at the Russian part of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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A bell is pictured at the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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A candle is placed in front of the wall commemorating Polish victims of Stalin's political repressions at the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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A Poland's flag is placed at the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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A woman lays flowers at the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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A view shows the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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The wall commemorating Polish victims of Stalin's political repressions is pictured at the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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The shadow of cross is cast on a wall commemorating Polish victims of Stalin's political repressions at the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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A view shows the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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Wooden crosses are pictured at the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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A Poland's flag flutters near a Russia's flag at the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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Wooden crosses are pictured at the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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A flower and a candle are placed at the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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People walk through the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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A flower is placed at the Polish Military Cemetery of the Memorial Complex Mednoye in Tver Region, Russia. The memorial was opened in the 1990s at the site where over 5,000 Soviet citizens were executed and buried by the NKVD secret Soviet police in 1937-38, as well as over 6,000 Polish officers, policemen, border guards and civil servants in April 1940, after being imprisoned in Ostashkov.

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