In 1918-1950, one burial place for those shot, or who died, in Chistopol Prison was the city graveyard. They were buried in common graves in various parts of the cemetery; these were subject to further interments. Their exact number are unknown.
In 2006, the Chistopol City Administration put up a marble memorial in one area where such burials are known to have taken place. It was further planned (in 2014) to create and open a memorial complex in the Avdeyevskoe cemetery to the Victims of Repression.
A Book in Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression: The Republic of Tatarstan (18 vols. 2000-2007) includes biographical entries on 52,000 individuals shot or sent to the Gulag.
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
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30 October
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Remembrance Day for the Victims of Political Repression
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Chistopol City administration
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City officials, relatives of the victims, Memorial Society, schoolchildren
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annual event (since 1992)
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Commemorative Services
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From time to time
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
|---|---|---|
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Have not survived
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not defined
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not delineated
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[ original texts and hyperlinks ]
A. Stepanov, A quota for execution: From the history of political repression in the Tatar ASSR during the “Yezhovshchina”, Kazan, 1999
“A complex in memory of the victims of repression will be built in Chistopol’s Avdeyevskoe cemetery”, Tatar-inform Information Agency, 10 February 2014 [retrieved, 26 May 2022]
Reply by Chistopol district administration (No. 1145 of 11 April 2014) to a formal enquiry from RIC Memorial (St Petersburg)
