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The screaming skeletons of dozens of Russian soldiers who were ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ during a battle 150 years ago have been discovered in a mass grave in eastern Poland.
The screaming skeletons of dozens of Russian soldiers who were killed during a battle 150 years ago have been discovered in a mass grave in eastern Poland
The remains were unearthed by archaeologists on the site of the Battle of Zyrzyn, off the S17 Lublin-Warsaw expressway in Zerdz, eastern Poland.
Pictured are the skulls of two skeletons found by archaeologists. The remains were unearthed on the site of the Battle of Zyrzyn, off the S17 Lublin-Warsaw expressway in Zerdz, eastern Poland
The Russian soldiers had been transporting cargo worth 200,000 roubles (£2,500) when Polish forces killed them in 1863.
Photographs show the skeleton’s mouths wide open as they lie alongside one another at the battlefield site.
Archaeologists believe that about eighty soldiers, presumed to be Russian, were buried in the mass grave.
Pictured are the remains of four soldiers lying together in the mass grave. The Russian soldiers had been transporting a cargo worth 200,000 roubles (£2,500) when Polish forces killed them in 1863
Nearly 200 Russian soldiers were ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ during the battle, with 282 captured as prisoners of war. Around 90 of the 500 soldiers escaped when they encountered Polish troops.
Photographs from the excavation site show the mouths of the skeletons wide open. Nearly 200 Russian soldiers were killed during the battle
