In June 1948, 1,500 deported Lithuanians were transported to the Irkutsk Region’s Bodaibinsky district, where they were allocated to various settlements. The number of Lithuanians in the Vasilevsky settlement has not been established. Those who died there were buried in a separate section of the settlement’s cemetery in accordance with Catholic rites and crosses and name plates were raised over their graves. The total number who died there is not known.
In 2007 the Vasilevsky graveyard was studied by Lithuanian researcher Gintautas Alekna. He carried out a photo survey, uncovered 43 burials with grave-markers, and drew up a plan of their layout.
Research on the Genocide of the Lithuanian People (Lietuvos gyventoju Genocidas; 3 vols. 1999-2009) contains about 130,000 biographical entries (in Lithuanian). Volume 3 covers the period from 1948 onwards.
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
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nk
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Commemorative Services
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nk
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nk
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From time to time
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
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43 headboards have survived
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not determined
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not delineated
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Note on the 2007 expedition by the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania
