Gosudarstvenny memorialny kompleks Khatyn
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June 8, 2023
A place of memory. But the complex itself needs to be restored - paths made of curved slabs are a disaster. A separate sadness is the lack of focus on private visitors. Excursions can only be booked in advance, you can just take a walk on the spot yourself. There is no information on the territory of the complex. Perhaps there are not enough guides... But the 21st century... Apparently, you haven't heard about audio guides yet. At the same time, many come privately.
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April 14, 2024
This is the first time in Belarus. We decided to definitely visit this place. This is not only the history of Belarus, but also ours.
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August 23, 2023
Very cool! We were on an excursion at 12.30 on 08/23/2023, the guide Maria sincerely told about the fate of ordinary Belarusians who became unwitting participants in the grandiose bloodshed, the excursion touched to the depths of the soul.I listened and cried . thanks .must-visit
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August 16, 2023
The place is historical, strong, tragic. A must-visit! Because you need to know and remember this!
I have never seen such a memorable place anywhere!
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November 11, 2023
It is a difficult, but mandatory place to visit. The museum on the territory is not large, but very good. And the hall in the form of a burning barn made a strong impression on both an 8-year-old child and adults. And the territory of the memorial complex itself cannot leave anyone indifferent.
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June 26, 2023
We were on a guided tour. You can't talk about liked/disliked places like this. Everyone should visit here and let through all the pain and tragedy of those events. The memorial leaves a very strong impression. Thank you to Belarus for preserving the memory of such events.
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June 18, 2023
One of the most impressive war memorials. Be sure to visit, preferably with children, the memory of these events should always live
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July 14, 2023
A must-visit. Minus a star - a minimum of material for ordinary visitors (without excursions) - brochures, map, designations, navigation
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May 4, 2022
The State Memorial Complex of Khatyn – Belarus.
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The place is a must-visit.
A place of sorrow and sorrow.
There is a huge sign on the Minsk-Vitebsk highway - do not pass by – then go ahead 5 km.
Access to the complex is free and around the clock.
The village of Khatyn was burned down by the Nazi invaders on March 22, 1943.
26 houses were burned (26 symbolic monuments are now in their place).
All residents were herded into a collective farm barn and set on fire.
Those who tried to escape were shot.
The only adult witness is Joseph Kaminsky, a 56–year-old village blacksmith.
Among the corpses of his fellow villagers, he found his son, who died in his arms.
This tragic moment in the life of Joseph Kaminsky was the basis for the creation of the only sculpture of the complex — "The Unconquered Man".
Two of the children who were in the lighted barn survived.
The complex includes:
Eternal flame - on a square funeral pedestal in three corners there are three birch trees. Instead of the fourth, an eternal flame is burning — in memory of every fourth deceased resident of Belarus.
The cemetery of villages is the only one in the world - 185 graves, each of which symbolizes one of the unregenerate Belarusian villages.
Symbolic trees of life - on the branches of which the names of 433 Belarusian villages are listed in alphabetical order, which were destroyed by the occupiers along with the inhabitants, but restored after the war.
The Wall of Memory includes memorial plaques with the names of over 260 death camps and places of mass destruction of people on the territory of Belarus.
A bell rings every 30 seconds: loud, sad, shrill.
Parking is very large.
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August 19, 2023
Clear. They're trying. They are reconstructing it. The unexpected ringing of bells makes your heart stop. It's so quiet and there's no wind, there's so much pain.
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March 22, 2024
A beautiful, but at the same time tragic place.
The attached photos are from back in 2011.
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August 8, 2022
Unfortunately, we got to the reconstruction, in some places it was excavated and noisy. But we still had an unforgettable experience, the atmosphere was oppressive, and sometimes it was even hard for me to breathe. I think this place is a must-visit if you happen to be somewhere nearby. We were with children aged 4 and 10, we always try to visit such places, children should know the reverse side of the Great Victory.
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May 10, 2023
A place of memory and sorrow for some people and a place of shame for others. Ringing silence, the sound of bells, symbols - houses, gates, burned villages. The memorial complex is open-air, admission is free, the museum is open from 10-30.
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January 7, 2024
A touching place, with a very difficult history. Definitely worth a visit.
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May 5, 2024
A wonderful place, conveys the whole atmosphere of what is happening. A bell strikes every 30 seconds, in memory of the dead. The plan of the village was made according to the memoirs of Kamenev (one of the survivors, a blacksmith). There is a small church where you can light a candle and write a note. There is also a museum and a cafe on site.
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April 14, 2023
A large memorial complex. The place is a must-visit. The entrance to the village is well maintained
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December 28, 2021
The large Khatyn memorial complex is located on the site of the village of the same name, which was burned down during the Second World War, and there are many monuments and memorials on the territory. The place is memorable, difficult, I recommend visiting.
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May 13, 2023
We were on May 9th. The new museum complex is very impressive. Although I had to stand in a long queue.
The territory itself is also good
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August 26, 2021
Somehow it turned out that the first trip to Belarus was closely connected with the memories of the Great Patriotic War. Maybe because there are many memorable places here. One of these places is Khatyn, a village destroyed by the Nazis on March 22, 1943. During the punitive operation of the Nazis, 149 people were killed, half of whom were children. The whole village was looted and burned to the ground...In this nightmare, only a few children and the only adult Joseph Kaminsky managed to survive, in whose arms his own son died.
Now there is a memorial complex on the site of the village. Symbolically recreated on the territory of the complex are houses in the form of a chimney with a bell that strikes every 30 seconds. Signs with the names of the burned residents of the house are installed on the pipe. There is also a mass grave on the territory of the complex, as well as a cemetery of villages that were destroyed by the Nazis. Goosebumps and tears come to your throat when you are in this place.
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August 4, 2024
A place of mourning and memory.
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September 4, 2022
An indescribably strong impression. A beautifully decorated memorial. It is absolutely necessary to visit it, it is our memory. I bow low to those who keep the monument clean and tidy.
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July 20, 2023
I was a teenager in 1990. It's very hard when you know what it is, what it's about... It's scary, very scary😱 But it's worth visiting here.
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June 18, 2024
It is worth visiting, realizing, taking note.Eternal memory.
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August 31, 2023
I didn't like it or liked it, it's a story, it's pain, it's tears, it's horror of what happened and it's a memory.....
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November 9, 2024
Thanks for the memory
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July 11, 2021
It's a sad place.. but everyone should visit here. It is open around the clock, admission is free. Everything is clean and tidy. It would have been better with a tour, but we got there in the evening, so we looked on our own.
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August 29, 2023
I want to be silent here🙏 And the sound of bells in place of the chimneys of burned houses is an incessant tocsin of memory🙏
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September 20, 2023
It's strange to write a review about Khatyn! You just need to come, listen and be silent! Belarus knows how to keep Memory!
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July 1, 2023
This place is a MUST-visit for all people to remember, not to forget and not to allow repetition.
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October 15, 2019
This summer vacation in Belarus, I liked everything without exception. I am simply delighted with Minsk, a clean, cozy city. A measured, unhurried life. The stores have good things, their own production of textiles, shoes, knitwear and much more. And most importantly, there is no Chinese consumer goods and not a single
resident from the nearest Asian countries, either on the street or working anywhere.
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July 11, 2021
It's a hard place for me... But it's worth a visit.. To remember and never repeat!!!
A path was made, commemorative signs on the site of the burned barn and houses. Each house has lists of those who lived there... The so-called cemetery of villages is a memorial to the settlements that shared the fate of Khatyn... As well as information about concentration camps in Belarus with the number of victims. I was horrified to learn that in many cities there were such... Of course, there were tears throughout the examination....
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January 27, 2023
The complex is just a bomb. I am glad that the memory is stored and maintained properly.
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April 6, 2020
You need to visit this memorial complex with your children, do not skimp on a guide, so that there would be a story from a person who knowledgeably presented historical facts. In the summer of 2019, my daughters and I visited this place, it was very sad and terrible to realize that there were many children in every yard who were burned. It was also scary that our relatives lived and lived not far from this place. And this fate has passed US by. The youngest daughter even shed tears from the impression. This "place of memory" must continue to exist.
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September 26, 2021
The place is touching to the core. It is impossible to hold back tears. Sorrow and memory without golden pedestals. Stunning sculpture and furnace design. Every ringing of the bells resonates in the heart with pain
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June 19, 2021
A very strong place! I think this place is a must-visit for everyone, especially children and teenagers. To understand what universal evil is, elevated to the status of a superpower policy. We drove on our own. We took an on-site tour. I don't remember exactly, but in my opinion, a guided tour costs 26 rubles (Belarusian).
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September 21, 2021
Visiting this place touches the whole soul. The breath stops here. A magnificent monument to the dead villagers. Thank you.
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June 10, 2020
It is such a monument that it is impossible to speak and difficult to write without pain. It was opened in 1969. This is the only "Cemetery of villages" in the world. A total of 2,230,000 people died on the territory of Belarus. There is a composition here – a square and birch trees are planted in three corners, and in the 4th - an eternal flame, in memory of every 4th deceased resident of Belarus. In the center of the complex there is a huge statue of the "Unconquered Man". A burned man holds his murdered son in his arms. The prototype is the blacksmith of this village, Joseph Kaminsky, who miraculously survived and found his still alive but mortally wounded son among the dead. 185 urns with the soil of villages burned with the inhabitants and not restored create the composition of the cemetery. 433 names of villages destroyed with the inhabitants, but restored, are written on the "Symbolic trees of life". There is a "Wall of Memory" where the places of mass destruction of people on the territory of Belarus are indicated. For example: an orphanage or Trostenets concentration camp, which stands next to Auschwitz, etc., according to the number of dead, about 206,500 people from all over Europe and local. The memorial itself is a village. In place of each burned-out yard there is a concrete log house, and instead of a chimney there is an obelisk with a bell. The names of the dead are written on the obelisk, and the funeral bells ring every 30 seconds. There are 26 yards in total. 149 civilians were burned in Khatyn, 75 of them children under the age of 16. On the site of the burned shed with people, there are two closed slabs of black granite. It's all so scary, very scary. But we must remember. "The pain of those long-ago years lives in every heart to this day. In each of our families, the small children of Khatyn are crying."
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August 30, 2022
A place that everyone must visit, especially modern children. The horrors of war must not be forgotten.
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July 20, 2019
Such memorials are not popular now. I was first convinced of this when I visited the Peskorevsky cemetery in St. Petersburg a few years ago. So it is here, quiet and not crowded. However, this is for the best - there is an opportunity to be alone with yourself, get into it and try to feel what happened here many years ago.
We must pay tribute to the architects and artists of the memorial, it was done very simply and very emotionally.
In general, I will not hide it, it penetrates to the bone, tears come. You need to go to such places.
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June 16, 2021
Khatyn is a symbol of the grief of the Belarusian people, and the peoples of the whole world, for the innocently murdered citizens, victims of fascism. The memory of this should not die.
It is a pity that little attention is paid to the further development of the complex, its modernization, and the use of modern technologies.
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September 15, 2020
It will not work to tell about pleasant impressions, as it is recommended in a template. It's hard to describe the feelings you feel when you get here. Especially knowing the history of this place. I've been here twice, once for work, the second time I went on purpose. I also want to take the child, but I live in Russia and, of course, you can't just get there. The Israeli authorities are right when they organize museums for schoolchildren in concentration camps in Poland. This story should not be forgotten.
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April 10, 2021
Emotionally very catchy. They drove a teenage granddaughter on purpose. She was crying, it's hard to listen to the guide, it makes her shudder. The sad thing is that the complex is not well maintained. Apparently, money is allocated at a minimum. It would be necessary for non-profit foundations related to the maintenance of the memory of the Great Patriotic War to pay attention to this bitter memorial and support its reconstruction
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February 25, 2019
It is worth visiting for everyone and it is better with children.
Be sure to take a tour, it's inexpensive and at almost any time for any group just by calling.
The tour is impressive and makes you think, although it is only 1 hour, I would not have understood and remembered half of what I was told.
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October 7, 2020
I was with my wife in 2015, but you will never forget such places... I bow low to the authors of the memorial, you have created a place of extraordinary power... It's a sad, creepy place. Even the kids are quiet here... It is difficult to hold back tears, especially when you read the plaques with the names of residents on the pipe monuments and at this moment the bells are triggered...
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June 16, 2021
It is beautifully done, there is a large parking lot for cars, you can book a tour. Eternal memory!
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September 26, 2022
It would not be bad to install villages burned by the Nazis on the site of the belfry, as in Khatyn
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September 1, 2022
Dear management, your builders are yelling and thumping right next to the memorial, I did not come from Russia to listen to them
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July 21, 2022
Everything is closed for reconstruction, we didn't see anything at all except the fence and construction equipment ((
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March 26, 2020
The memorial complex must be visited by everyone to know and remember. In such places, you want to stop and think about what innocent people died for, and maybe about how worthy we are of them. Bring the children, no textbook will replace what they will see with their own eyes. It is useful for children with a guided tour, we were on our own, we read the detailed information on the Internet.
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January 10, 2021
I definitely recommend a visit. Initially, I did not want to go there, I saw enough various monuments and memorials, but Khatyn is something completely different. The performance conveys as much as possible the whole tragedy that occurred in this place.
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