Kostrzyn nad Odrą (German: Küstrin) is a town in western Poland, about 40 km west of Gorzów Wielkopolski, at the confluence of the Oder and Warta rivers, on the border with Germany. Located in the Lubusz Voivodship, in Gorzów Wielkopolski County, it has 17,620 inhabitants (2004).

The region of Kostrzyn was originally settled by Germanic and Slavic peoples. Until 900 the territory of Kostrzyn was under the control of Pomerania. From 900-1200 the area, along with its castle, largely was under Polish sovereignty. Duke Mieszko I of Poland used Kostrzyn's strategic location as a staging area during his expedition to Cedynia. Bolesław I the Brave also prepared here for fights in Bautzen. The name of the town was first mentioned in 1232 in a Polish letter to the Teutonic Knights, in which the old Slavic Wendish name Cozsterine was mentioned. In the 12th century it developed into a fortified outpost and a Polish taxation chamber. In 1223 Prince Władysław Odonic granted the town to German brothers of the Knights Templar, although in 1261 it was seized by the margrave of Brandenburg. By 1300 the town received Magdeburg rights and started to grow rapidly, owing largely to trade on the rivers.

Rasos Cemetery (Lithuanian: Rasų kapinės, Polish: Cmentarz na Rossie) is an old cemetery in city of Vilnius, Lithuania.

Founded in 1769 by Bazyli Miller, the mayor of Vilnius, in the place of an ancient pagan temple. He was also the first person to be buried there. It received the name after the surrounding borough of Rasos. In 1801 a chapel and a belltower were built. After 1844 the cemetery received a new, neo-gothic shrine. It was built by Józef Bohdanowicz, a local priest, and Jan Waszkiewicz, professor at Vilnius University. In 1920 a small military cemetery was built near the entrance for the soldiers who died in the city during the Polish-Bolshevik War. It was rebuilt in 1935-1936 by Wojciech Jastrzębowski, who also made a project of Piłsudski's heart's tombstone.

Until September 18, 1939, when the Red Army entered the city, a honorary guard of three soldiers stood there at all times. Three unknown soldiers who refused to give up their arms to the Soviets in 1939 were shot on the spot and are now buried next to Marshal Piłsudski's heart. Part of the cemetery contains graves of Polish Home Army soldiers, who fell during the Second World War. Their graves, demolished after World War II, were rebuilt by the funds of Republic of Poland in 1993.

Cemetery of polish soldier, Ginnasluokta near Narvik.

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