Kaluga region, Spas-Demensky District. The memorial complex “Gnezdilovskaya height”
Kaluga region, Spas-Demensky District. The memorial complex “Gnezdilovskaya height” is located in a forest, 3 kilometers from the village. Gnezdilova and 12 kilometers from. Pavlinova. Gnezdilovskaya height marked on the map 233.3 played a special role in the defense of the Germans. She dominated the surrounding terrain. With its altitude of 8-10 km viewed and leaning on her opponent held dvadtsatikilometrovaya line of defense, covering the approaches to the railway line. At this height were dug trenches a lot of lines in height, and between them in a staggered manner arranged cells for submachine and machine gunners. Trenches connected communication trenches and access to the rear in the direction of the railway station Pavlinova.
In August 1943, the Siberians 22th and 65th Guards Rifle Division stormed the height 233.3 Gnezdilovskaya height near the station Pavlinovo, which cost the lives of 1,252 soldiers and officers.
IFA-W50LA and the bridge over the river Uzhrept. Uzhrept river flows in the Ugran district of the Smolensk region.
Right tributary of the Ugra. The length of the river is 31 km. The Uzhrept River originates in swamps north of the village of Buda. The mouth of the river is 326.8 km from the mouth of the Ugra on the right bank. Along the course of the river there are settlements of the Kholmovsky rural settlement of the village of Sergeevka and Kholmy.
Map Smolensk Oblast Kamenka Village
An abandoned Kamenka village in the Ugran district of the Smolensk region of Russia. It is part of the Kholmovsky rural settlement.
It is located in the south-eastern part of the region 38 km south-west of Ugra, 12 km west of the Znamenka-Spas-Demensk highway. At 12 km south of the village is located the railway station O.p. The 465th km on the Smolensk – Sukhinichi line. During the Great Patriotic War, the village was occupied by Nazi troops in October 1941, liberated in March 1943.
View of the abandoned village of Kamenka.
Trenches in German positions in the former village of Karnovka.
Remains of a German bunker on the site of the former village Risavy. The abandoned village of Risavy in the Ugran district of the Smolensk region of Russia.
It is part of the Kholmovsky rural settlement. It is located in the south-eastern part of the region 38 km south-west of Ugra, 13 km west of the Znamenka-Spas-Demensk highway, on the banks of the Uzhrept River. 13 km south of the village is the Pavlinovo railway station on the Smolensk – Sukhinichi line.
During the Great Patriotic War, the village was occupied by Nazi troops in October 1941, liberated in March 1943.
A German gas mask tank was found in a bunker in the village of Risava.
German helmet found in German positions near the village of Kamenka.