Prisoners of the 8th division of Belbaltlag, the builders of the White Sea Canal (1931-1933), were buried 2 kms from Sosnovets on the bank of Lake Soldatskoe. In 1998 a memorial cross was erected in Sosnovets settlement to commemorate those who died building the canal.
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Sosnovets was mentioned in execution reports during the Great Terror as one of fourteen sites in Karelia where people were shot. That killing field and the burial ground containing its 54 victims have not been discovered.
The Commemorative Lists of Karelia, 1937-1938, compiled by Ivan Chukhin & Yury Dmitriev, were published in 2002 (1,087 pp). The online version contains biographical entries for 14,038 individuals.
The online Memorial database (2025) lists 13,408 victims in Karelia. (See Petrozavodsk.) 11,317 were shot. 1,998 were sent to a variety of camps where 424 died (Kargopolag, Sevvostlag, Unzhlag, Pechorlag and Taishetlag).
From a variety of sources the database names 41 who died in Belbaltlag; the “Open List” names 1,615 who did time there.
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
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nk
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Commemorative masses, Excursions
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nk
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nk
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From time to time
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
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have not survived
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not determined
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not delineated
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[ original texts and hyperlinks ]
M. Sizov, “Crosses on the locks”, Vera: khristianskaya gazeta Severa Rossii Sept 1999 [retrieved on 30 Dec 2024]
Unified State Register of Sites of Cultural Heritage (monuments of historical and cultural significance) of the nations of the Russian Federation
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S. Krivenko, “Yury Dmitriev’s list”, Lessons of History website, 2 August 2019 [retrieved on 30 Dec 2024]
