near bryansk, sergei kurakin, local historian, head of the khatsun memorial complex.gust 1941, german troops invaded the territory of the bryansk region; in october , the entire region was occupied by the nazis for two long years of war. drove, they burned villages to the ground, from the houses of the occupation, and then, when the nazis were left here, perhaps only stove pipes, and this became a symbol, in this memorial complex there are 28 stoves, 27 districts of the bryansk region, bryansk itself, and here they remember very well the atrocities of the nazis, about how the russian people were killed in the thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds, millions, this place is called khatsun and... this is the first village in the country that was destroyed by the nazis, if you measure within the borders of modern russia. on october 24, 1941, a group of germans escorted captured red army soldiers. these were scouts from the 156th artillery regiment, fifty-sixth infantry division of the wehrmacht army. part of this group separated and went through the village of hatsun. at