In July 1948, about 300 deported Lithuanians were sent to the Mina special settlement. They were mainly employed in felling timber. Those who died were buried in the local cemetery. In 1956 the special settlement restrictions were lifted and, between 1958 and 1960, the Lithuanians gradually left.
In 1989 an expedition of former Lithuanian deportees visited Mina: 12 bodies were exhumed and taken back to Lithuania for reburial. In 2007, 40 Lithuanian graves remained. In July 2013, the “Destination, Siberia!” Lithuanian youth expedition (director, G. Alekna) cleared the graveyard, raised the fallen crosses and erected a commemorative cross there.
Research on the Genocide of the Lithuanian People (Lietuvos gyventoju Genocidas; 3 vols. 1999-2009) contains about 130,000 biographical entries (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3 covers the years from 1948 onwards.
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Several grave crosses survive
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not established
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delineated in part
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[ Original texts & hyperlinks ]
“An expedition by the Lemtis (Destiny) association to the Krasnoyarsk Krai” [Bendrijos «Lemtis» ekspedicija Krasnojarsko krašte], Website of the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania [retrieved, 30 May 2022] (in Lithuanian)
“Lithuanian deportation to the Krasnoyarsk Krai” [Lietuvos tremtiniai Krasnojarsko krašte], National Museum of Lithuania [retrieved, 30 May 2022] (in Lithuanian)
