The Voznesenskoe cemetery in Biisk (also known as the Central or Old Mount cemetery) came into existence in 1772. Today it has the status of a historical monument. During the war (1941-1944) Red Army soldiers who died in military hospitals were buried there; as were forced settlers in the city and surrounding districts (1940s-1950s) and post-war POWs and interned aliens (1945-1947).

In June 1990, the remains of 68 individuals shot during the Great Terror, discovered in the courtyard of the former building of the Biisk NKVD [22-05], were buried in a common grave. A temporary memorial (a cross and a nameboard) was erected and the Biisk Memorial Society began to raise funds for a permanent monument. In 1994, a granite pillar with the inscription “Here lie the remains of the victims of Stalinist repression” was erected. It was formally opened on 30 October that year. (Nearby stands a memorial to soldiers who died in the military hospitals of Biisk during the 1941-1945 war.)