Катынь

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatɨnʲ]

Proper noun

Каты́нь • (Katýnʹ) f inan (genitive Каты́ни, relational adjective каты́нский)

1. Katyn, Katyń (a town in Smolensk Oblast, near Belarus). Located not far from the Gnezdovo archaeological site. The forest of Katyn is primarily known as the place of executions made by GPU and NKVD, such as the massacre of several thousands Polish officers in 1940.

Declension

Declension of Каты́нь (inan sg-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Каты́нь Katýnʹ
genitive	Каты́ни Katýni
dative	Каты́ни Katýni
accusative	Каты́нь Katýnʹ
instrumental	Каты́нью Katýnʹju
prepositional	Каты́ни Katýni