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.
Information, where it exists, about the identity and fate of Belbaltlag’s inmates is included in Books of Remembrance for the regions from which they came. A quick way to find any recorded links is to consult the “Victims of Political Terror in the USSR” database with its 3 million entries (or the “Open List” database online).
| 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 [retrieved on 26 May 2022]
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 26 May 2022]
