The special settlement “forestry outpost No 23” near the Beryozovy rail station was organised early in 1940 to accommodate deported Soviet Germans. The exact number buried in the settlement cemetery is unknown.
On 23 May 2010 a metal commemorative cross was erected in the former special settlement. Next to it was placed a stone bearing the inscription, “To the labour army of mobilised Russian Germans, various other exiled nationalities, and to all the forestry and railroad workers in the north of the country during the 1940s and 1950s. May they never be forgotten. From their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren: Beryozovy, 2010.” The memorial was erected thanks to the efforts of the Russo-German Centre in Kotlas (since 2011 it is called the National-Cultural Autonomy of Russian Germans of the city of Kotlas).
The electronic Book of Remembrance (Gedenkbuch) of Russian Germans contains biographical entries on more than 100,000 Soviet Germans variously sentenced under Article 58, deported as forced settlers, or mobilised in camps of forced labourers.
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
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nk
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Civil rites and Commemorative Services
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German ethno-cultural community of the Arkhangelsk Region
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Members of German community, relatives of forced settlers, inhabitants of Kotlas
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From time to time
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
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Grave-markers partially preserved
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not determined
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not delineated
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[ original texts and hyperlinks ]
T. Musonova, “Russian Germans did not become dust scattered by the wind”, Vecherny Kotlas, 26 August 2004
G.P. Petrova (ed), An Unexpected Fate, a Time not of our Choosing: from the history of Russian Germans in Kotlas and the Kotlas district, Kotlas, 2010
