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...

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...