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2 unusual facts about Krasny Bor


Krasny Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

In 1972 a stela with the bas-relief of the girl and pages from her diary was built on Tanya's grave for means earned by Young Pioneers and members of the Komsomol from the Shatkovsky District.

Tanya Savicheva

In August 1942, Tanya was one of the 140 children who were rescued from Leningrad and brought to the village of Krasny Bor.


Nikolskoye, Tosnensky District, Leningrad Oblast

Nikolskoye is connected by roads with Otradnoye, Ulyanovka, and Krasny Bor.


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Battle of Krasny Bor

The afternoon brought belated support for the defenders in the form of a Luftwaffe fighter-bomber attack on the Soviet positions around the town of Kolpino, to the east of Krasny Bor, while the 45th Guards Rifle Division seized Mishkino.