Cemetery of the Kotlas division of the NKVD Chief administration of railway construction camps [GULZhDS NKVD]

The camp cemetery on the left bank of the Small Northern Dvina was situated on the land adjoining the railway bridge, on the side of Velikii Ustiug. In 1941-1943 the prisoners of SevdvinLag, brought in to build the Kotlas railway bridge (Object No.10), were buried in mass graves on this site. Around...

Cemetery "Zaovrazh'e" of the Kotlas division of the NKVD Chief administration of railway construction camps [GULZhDS NKVD]

The cemetery on the right bank of the Small Northern Dvina, close to the Zaovrazhe railway station on the Kirov line and within the boundaries of the town of Kotlas, emerged in 1939 as a camp cemetery that was used by the hospital of one of the subdivisions of the Kotlas camp (KotlasLag). Between 1941-1943...

Common grave of prisoners from the camp on Solovetskii island

Common grave of remains of dekulakised special settlers

On 6 November 1992 the remains of dekulakised special settlers were re-buried in a common grave in the operating cemetery of the town Solvychegodsk (Kotlas region, Arkhangel oblast’). The re-burial was initiated by the Kotlas-based society “Sovest’” [“Conscience”] and had the support of the town administration....

Memorial cemetery for the victims of political repression "Makarikha"

The “Makarikha” memorial cemetery for the victims of political is situated on the northern edge of the town of Kotlas. The cemetery in the neighbourhood of Makarikha emerged in the early 20th century. Until 1940 it was the only cemetery in town; it was closed in 1959. From the 1930s this was the burial...

Polish cemetery in the Ezhma special settlement

The Polish cemetery in the Ezhma special settlement (Pinega region, Arkhangel’sk Province) is situated 300 metres to the North East of the former Ezhma settlement. The settlement was set up in 1930 by dekulakized special settlers from the Saratov, Volgograd and other provinces. In March 1940 Polish...