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Katyn

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rural locality (selo) in Smolensky District of Smolensk Oblast in central Russia

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Place details

Locality
Катынь
Region
Смоленская область
Country
Россия
Population
1,737
Timezone
Europe/Moscow

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Air quality

26US AQIGood
PM2.5
3.9 µg/m³
PM10
6.2 µg/m³
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Key facts

Country
Russia
Federal subject
Smolensk Oblast
Elevation
167 m (548 ft)
Estimate 2002
1,737 )
Time zone
UTC+3 ( MSK )
Dialing code
+7 481

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Wikidata facts

Country
Russia
Population
1737
Area
27.94
Elevation
167
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Image
Trzy krzyze.jpg
Dialing code
481
Significant event
Katyn massacre
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Commons category
Katyn
postal code
214522
topic's main category
Category:Katyn
different from
Khatyn
native label
Катынь
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Encyclopedic overview

Katyn (Russian: Кáтынь [ˈkatɨnʲ]; Polish: Katyń [ˈkatɨɲ]) is a rural locality (a selo) in Smolensky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located approximately 20 kilometers (12 mi) to the west of Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. The village had a population of 1,737 in 2007.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Katyn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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