Katyn Forest Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Getting there on your own is simple; take bus 101 (direction Smolensk Smetanino) from the Smolensk bus station to Kozyi Gory. It's easy to miss, so look for the sign saying 'Memorial Polskim ofitseram pogibshim v Katyni' about 1km past the highway flyover. If you get to Katyn, you've gone too far. The memorial is marked in two places: the first designated by a simple wooden cross and a marble headstone dedicated to the Russian dead, while the more impressive Polish memorial lies further up the path.