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Neya cemetery (c) Graves of deported Poles

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№44-01

Date of burial
1940-1946
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Address
Kostroma Region, Neya, cemetery
Access in a populated area
Public transport
On foot
Visiting Hours or Restrictions
Visiting hours
Comments
When the graveyard is open
Type of burial
Deportees’ graveyard
Current use
Ceremonial events
Presence of memorials, etc.
Yes
Protected status
Not protected
Фотография 2007 года
Фотография 2007 года
Background

In February 1940 about 1,200 deported Poles were transferred to the Neisky district of the Kostroma Region. The number who ended up in the town of Neya has not been established. Those who died were buried in a separate section of the town cemetery accordance with Catholic rites; markers and headboards were placed on their graves. How many died and were buried is not known.

On 27 May 2007, thanks to the efforts of Tadeusz Rzeszutek, a former deportee, a monument was placed in the cemetery in memory of those Poles who died in exile. The memorial plaque bears the following words in Russian and Polish: “In memory of the Poles who spent 1940-1946 in the Neisky district and in gratitude to its inhabitants / Рamięci polakow, рozostatym w Nejskiej ziemi w 1940-1946 rr. i wdzięczności mieszkańcom rejona”. To either side of the memorial stand two crosses, one Catholic, the other Orthodox. The Union of Siberians in Sulecin (Poland) funded the memorial.

Ceremonies
DateNature of ceremoniesOrganiser or responsible personParticipantsFrequency
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Commemorative services
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From time to time
Nature of area requiring preservation
State of burialsAreaBoundaries
have not survived
not determined
not delineated
Administrative responsibility and ownership, informal responsibility for the site
On land under the control of Neya City Administration

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