Between 1930 and 1942, executions and burials of inhabitants of Alatyr and the surrounding districts took place on the premises of the Alatyr district NKVD [21-03]. Today the building belongs to the Electrical Instruments factory.
In June-August 2009, on the initiative of the Cheboksary-Chuvash Diocese excavations were carried out there. The remains of 118 individuals were found, exhumed and subjected to forensic examination. The following year they were reburied in the Alatyr town cemetery next to the chapel of Russia’s New Martyrs and Confessors, part of the church of the Mother of God. On 30 October 2011 a memorial to the victims of political repression was inaugurated on the site of their reburial. The memorial includes a sculpture of the Mourning Angel, an arch with a bell and a Wall of Remembrance made up of eight boards bearing the names of those shot in Alatyr.
Chuvashia. A Book in A Book in Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression (3 vols. 2009-2017). Contains 7,756 biographical entries on those sentenced to death or sent to the Gulag by judicial or extra-judicial bodies.
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
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30 Oct.
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Remembrance Day for the Victims of Political Repression
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Alatyr town administration
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Town administration, the Association of Victims of Political Repression, relatives of the victims
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Annual event
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
|---|---|---|
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The reburial site is well preserved
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not defined
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not delineated
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[ original texts and hyperlinks ]
“A memorial to the victims of political repression opens in Alatyr”, Official website of the Alatyr town administration, 31 October 2011 [retrieved, 26 May 2022]
Reply from the Alatyr district administration (№ 27 of 15 April 2014) to a formal enquiry by RIC Memorial (St Petersburg)
Reply from the Chuvash Republic Ministry of Culture (No 05/23-2249 of 6 May 2014) to a formal enquiry by RIC Memorial (St Petersburg)
