Usinsky camp outpost (c)* Pechorzheldorlag burial ground | Russia's Necropolis of Terror and the Gulag

Usinsky camp outpost (c)* Pechorzheldorlag burial ground

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№11-37

Date of burial
1940s to mid 1950s
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Address
Komi Republic, Pechora municipal district, Usa settlement
Access outside a populated area
On foot
Comments
700 metres from the Usa crossing loop (2093 km) on the Inta-Vorkuta railroad
Visiting Hours or Restrictions
Unrestricted
Type of burial
Camp (prison) burial ground
Current use
Excursions
Ceremonial events
Presence of memorials, etc.
Yes
Protected status
Not protected
Схема расположения объектов Усинского лагпункта Печоржелдорлага. Составлена Н.А.Барановым в 2006
Схема расположения объектов Усинского лагпункта Печоржелдорлага. Составлена Н.А.Барановым в 2006
Background

Prisoners of the Usinsky camp outpost of Pechorzheldorlag who died in the camp infirmary in the 1940s and early 1950s were buried in a cemetery 500 metres away. The barracks where the prisoners lived were on the other side of the railway. The camp outpost was closed in the mid-1950s.

In the 1970s part of the cemetery was destroyed when electricity transmission wires were laid. In June 2006 the territory of the camp outpost and the cemetery was studied by an exploratory group from the Inta museum of history and local studies and the Pokayanie foundation, led by N.A. Baranov. The group also erected a birch memorial cross at the site.

(The map of the camp outpost shows: [1] the industrial zone; [2] the camp outpost; [3] the infirmary; and [4] the burial ground in relation to the Usa river and the Usa and Abez rail stations. Drawn by N.A. Baranov in 2006.)

Ceremonies
DateNature of ceremoniesOrganiser or responsible personParticipantsFrequency
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Commemorative Services
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From time to time
Nature of area requiring preservation
State of burialsAreaBoundaries
posts bearing numbers not extant; quadrilateral areas of subsidence
area of preserved section 20 × 20 metres
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 ]

Archive of the Inta museum of history and local studies

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)

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