Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery on

Tjøtta Tjøtta is a village in Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Tjøtta, which is located south of the large island of Alsta. The village is located on an island, but it does have a ...

has more than 7,500 war graves, mostly Russians who were taken prisoners by Nazi Germany. The Soviet prisoners of war who died in North Norway during World War II were buried in ordinary cemeteries. After the war, however, the Norwegian authorities decided that they should be moved and brought together in a common cemetery on state ground at Tjøtta. The cemetery was consecrated in 1953 and comprises an enclosed common grave to the north with 6,725 dead, and 826 individual graves to the south. Further south the

Tjøtta International War Cemetery Tjøtta International War Cemetery is a war cemetery on Tjøtta, Northern Norway, founded in 1970. The sinking of the Rigel Rigel is a blue supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. It has the Bayer designation β Orionis ...

was founded in 1970.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tjotta Russian War Cemetery Cemeteries in Norway 1953 establishments in Norway World War II memorials