SYKTYVKAR Kirul district. Executed | Russia's Necropolis of Terror and the Gulag

SYKTYVKAR Kirul district. Executed

Card

№11-02

Date of burial
1930-1932
Show Map
Address
Komi Republic, Syktyvkar, airport
Access in a populated area
Public transport
On foot
Visiting Hours or Restrictions
Unrestricted
Type of burial
Secret interment of executed
Current use
Commercial use
Presence of memorials, etc.
No
Protected status
Not protected
Background

In 1930-1932, those shot in Ust-Sysolsk, today Syktyvkar (capital of the Komi Republic), were buried in a wooded area on the outskirts of the town, near the Kirul suburb. At present, the buildings of the city airport occupy the site.

Books of Remembrance

Repentance: the Komi Republic Martyrology of the Victims of Mass Political Repression (11 vols. 1998-2016), includes biographical entries on 60,000 who were shot or sent to the camps.

 The Memorial online database (2025) includes 129,473 victims in the Komi Republic.

 Only a few (6,421) are listed as born or resident in the Republic. 4,174 were shot, more than half during the Great Terror (2,633) but only 11 are named for 1930-1932. Almost 55,000 were sent to the camps, where more than 11,000 died. Cases against 1,797 individuals were discontinued, 199 of whom died in custody. Оver 60,000 were deported to the Republic, where 7,000 more were born in the special settlements.

Nature of area requiring preservation
State of burialsAreaBoundaries
Have not survived
not established
not delineated
Administrative responsibility and ownership, informal responsibility for the site
On land under the control of the Syktyvkar City Administration
Sources and bibliography

[ original texts and hyperlinks ]

Rogachev, M.B., “Syktyvkar: Remembering the Terror” (manuscript), Syktyvkar, 2009

Reply from the Komi Republic Ministry of Culture (No 06-17-1230 of 30 April 2014) to a formal enquiry by RIC Memorial (St Petersburg)

11-02