One of the places where inhabitants of Ussuriisk were executed and buried during the Great Terror (1937-1938) was the Oak Grove near the brewery. The exact numbers buried here are unknown. Lists of 2,505 people shot during that time in Ussuriisk have been compiled.
In 1993 the city administration erected a monument at the burial site, a large boulder with the inscription “To the victims of Stalinist repression from the inhabitants of the city of Ussuriisk”. On the initiative of the local Cossack wapentake a wooden memorial cross was erected in 2007.
A Book in Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression in the Primorsky Krai, 1920s-1950s (2014, 456 pp) was available online. So were two volumes about The Great Terror in the Primorsky Krai, 1937-1938 (two books, 2015): Part 1 – First Category Arrests: Those shot (858 pp); Part 2 – Second Category Arrests: Those sent to the camps (522 pp).
From a variety of sources the Memorial online database (2025) lists 11,483 victims in the Primorsky Region.
6,299 were shot, most during the Great Terror (5,482). In no less than 2,530 cases – 1,424 during the Great Terror – charges were dropped and the victim was released (57 died in custody). 2,500 were held in the camps; and a number of deportees are named.
| 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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History museum of the Ussuriisk Agro-Industrial College
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Descendants of the victims, representatives, staff and students of the Ussuriisk Agro-Industrial College
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Periodically after 1993; Annual event since 2010
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
|---|---|---|
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have not survived
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not determined
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not delineated
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[ original texts and hyperlinks ]
“Day in Commemoration of the Victims of Political Repression: 31 October 2013”, website of Ussuriisk Agro-industrial College
Reply from the Ussuriisk urban district administration (№ 1218 of 8 April 2014) to an enquiry from RIC Memorial (St Petersburg)
