Local residents and prisoners in neighbouring camp outposts say that there was a camp at the mouth of the Medvezhka river in the late 1930s where prisoners were engaged in logging work. In 2002 the area was studied by an exploratory group from the Inta museum of history and local studies.

Traces of forestry work and burials were found at the presumed site of the camp outpost. The area of burials was approximately 45 x 30 metres in extent. The graves can be seen from the oval or quadrilateral areas of subsidence, measuring from 1 x 1.5 to 2 x 2 metres. Nine areas of subsidence marked by stones or boulders were discovered. No grave markers had survived. Opposite the burials the expedition members erected a temporary sign inscribed “Burial of Victims of the Gulag” pointing towards the burial ground.