The Shudog labour settlement for dekulakized peasant families came into being in 1931. It became a division of Lokchimlag during that camp system’s existence, 1937-1940. Subsequently, the empty barracks were used to accommodate deportees of various nationalities in the 1940s. The graveyard was in an open site, on the high bank of the river. The numbers of men, women and children buried there has not been established, only a few names of male prisoners from Lokchimlag who died in Shudog are known. In 1974, the settlement was no longer registered.

In July 2002, the graveyard was studied by an expedition from the Kortkeross Centre for Children’s Extracurricular Education (director A.A. Smilingis) and a plan of the burials was drawn up. On 26 July 2002, the expedition members erected a commemorative cross there.