Kheta NE outpost (c) prisoners burials | Russia's Necropolis of Terror and the Gulag

Kheta NE outpost (c) prisoners burials

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№49-11

Date of burial
1940s
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Address
Magadan Region, Khasinsky district, Kheta settlement (non-existent)
Access outside a populated area
Private or specialised transport
On foot
Comments
About 30 kms north of the Atka settlement
Visiting Hours or Restrictions
Unrestricted
Type of burial
Camp (prison) burial ground
Current use
Ceremonial events
Presence of memorials, etc.
Yes
Protected status
Not protected
Фотография 2007 года
Фотография 2007 года
Background

The camp at the Kheta tin mine of the Sevvostlag (Dalstroi) southwest mining department was in operation during the 1940s. The prisoners burial ground was investigated in the early 2000s by Debin businessman V.A. Naiman. In 2004, Naiman erected a memorial cross there.

Books of Remembrance

The Memorial database “Victims of Political Terror in the USSR” lists 1,883 individuals who served time in Sevvostlag. It names 349 who died in captivity and 20 who were shot there.

Ceremonies
DateNature of ceremoniesOrganiser or responsible personParticipantsFrequency
nk
Commemorative services
V.A. Naiman
nk
From time to time
Nature of area requiring preservation
State of burialsAreaBoundaries
Individual headboards have survived
not established
not delineated
Administrative responsibility and ownership, informal responsibility for the site
On land under the control of the Khasinsky district administration
Sources and bibliography

[ links and original texts ]

Letter from V.A. Naiman (Debin, 2011) – Archive of RIC Memorial (St Petersburg)

“Kheta outpost prisoners burial ground”, Virtual Museum of the Gulag [retrieved, 28 May 2022; no longer accessible]

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