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Sevzheldorlag and Synya camp farm burials

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№11-103

Date of burial
1940s
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Address
Komi Republic, Pechora municipal district, Synya (nearest settlement)
Access outside a populated area
Private or specialised transport
On foot
Comments
9 kms from Synya rail station
Visiting Hours or Restrictions
Unrestricted
Type of burial
Camp (prison) burial ground
Current use
Unused
Presence of memorials, etc.
Yes
Protected status
Not protected
Фотография 2007 года. Источник: Архив Печорского историко-краеведческого музея
Фотография 2007 года. Источник: Архив Печорского историко-краеведческого музея
Background

In the early 1940s camp outposts of Sevzheldorlag were located in Synya. The prisoners were building the North Pechora railroad. The Synya State farm which supplied Sevpechlag was located here; there was a women’s section at that outpost. The location of two camp cemeteries in the 1940s is known (neither have survived).

In 2007 the area of the burials was studied by an exploratory group of pupils from middle school No. 56 in the Synya settlement and staff from the Pechora regional history museum. On the edge of the 1940s burials the expedition members erected an Orthodox cross.

Nature of area requiring preservation
State of burialsAreaBoundaries
have not survived
not determined
not delineated
Administrative responsibility and ownership, informal responsibility for the site
On land under the control of the Pechora municipal district
Sources and bibliography

[ Original texts & hyperlinks ]

“Report on the work of exploratory groups, 2007”, Archive of the Pechora regional history museum

“Burials of prisoners from Sevzheldorlag and the Synya camp farm”, The Virtual Museum of the Gulag [retrieved, 26 May 2022]

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