the only witness of the kstovo tragedy is maria andreevna galakhova, tolstova galakhova in 1942, at thatas 35 years old, this is how she was. in the occupied kalinin, now tver region, this is the extermination of civilians, civilians just because they lived on this territory, because they were soviet people, the nazis exterminated more than 4,000 civilians on its territory, these were those who couldn't or didn't have time to evacuate. on october 12, 2 days before the fall of kolenin, fires had already broken out as a result of the bombing, but not the entire population had yet understood that they needed to evacuate. the first wave of evacuation from kalinin was in night from 12 to 13 october. almost a third of the population fled the city in panic. in this spontaneous evacuation, in the bustle and confusion , relatives often lost each other. the war separated some for years, others forever. dear. agnya lvovna writes to you chugunova galina mikhailovna, what prompted me to write? this letter from twenty-year-old galya chugunova, written in 1965, was discovered by students of moscow scho

the only witness to the kstovo tragedy is maria anndreevna galakhova, tolstoy galakhova in 1942, at that. thanks to the fact that maria survived, the world learned about tragedy in the village of ksty, about one of the many brutal crimes of the nazis in the occupied kalinin, now tver region. this. extermination of civilians, civilians just because they lived on this territory because they were soviet people. the nazis destroyed more than 4,000 civilians on its territory; these were those who could not or did not have time to evacuate. on october 12, 2 days before the fall of kalinin, fires had already broken out as a result of the bombing, but not the entire population had yet understood what was needed. first wave the evacuation from kalinin took place on the night of october 12-13, almost a third of the population fled the city in panic, in this spontaneous evacuation in the bustle and confusion, relatives often lost each other, some were separated by the war for years , others forever. dear agniya levna, galina mikhailovna chugunova writes to you, which prompted me to write this lette