The settlement on the Kiyayu river arose in the early 1930s. The first to arrive were dekulakized peasant families; then it became a subdivision of Lokchimlag. In 1941-1956 it was known as the Second Section of the Kortkeros forestry concern. From 1941 onwards Lithuanians, Poles, Soviet Germans and those serving terms of imprisonment were attached to the forestry works until the end of the war (they included Finns, Chinese, Koreans and Iranians). Those who died were buried in the coniferous forest about one kilometre from the settlement.

By the early 2000s several dozen burial mounds with fallen crosses had survived. The numbers buried there has not been established. In 2001 a local history expedition of the Kortkeross Centre for Schoolchildren’s Extracurricular Education led by A.A. Smilingis studied the graveyard, drew up a plan of the burials and tidied part of the area. In June 2001 a memorial cross was erected and consecrated at the site, bearing the inscription, “Burials of the Second Section special settlement, 1942-1964”.