Abschwangen massacre

Abschwangen Massacre
Part of World War I
LocationAbschwangen (Tishino)
Coordinates54°29′59″N 20°45′41″E / 54.4996°N 20.7613°E / 54.4996; 20.7613
Date29 August 1914
TargetGerman civilians in Prussia
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths65
Perpetrators Imperial Russian Army

The Abschwangen massacre was a massacre committed by Russian troops during World War I on 29 August 1914 in the occupied village of Abschwangen (now Tishino) near Preussisch Eylau some 30 km (19 mi) south of Königsberg, in which 65 German civilians, including 28 locals and 37 refugees from other places, were killed.