The Nyanda special settlement came into existence in the early 1930s. In winter 1940 Polish families (some reports say 320 individuals) arrived here from the territories occupied by the USSR in autumn 1939. The men, women and children who died here were buried in the woods near the settlement and crosses were placed on their graves.

The numbers buried there has not been established; the names of 12 individuals are known. The last Poles left the settlement in 1944. Subsequently, the former special settlement became part of Urdom settlement, and its graveyard was used by all. In 2010 a memorial was erected there. The inscription reads, “1930, in memory of the forced settlers who founded Nyanda, thereby laying the foundations for Urdom settlement, 2010.”