Among the places where hostages were shot and buried in Nizhny Novgorod during the Red Terror was the Gendarmes Ravine. The exact number interred there in 1918-1922 is not known.
In the 1960s the ravine was filled with soil and the area was used for residential buildings. Maslyakov Street today runs along part of the infilled ravine. On the surviving part of the Gendarmes Ravine at the intersection of Malaya Pokrovskaya and Maslyakov Streets a square was laid out. There, in 1990, a wooden memorial cross was erected. The inscription reads, “At this place in the Gendarmes Ravine victims of the Red Terror were shot and buried”.
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 September
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Day in Remembrance of Victims of the Red Terror
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Commission for restoring the rights of rehabilitated victims of political repression
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City residents, clergy
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Annual event
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Commemorative Services
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From time to time
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
|---|---|---|
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have not survived
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not determined
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not delineated
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[ original texts and hyperlinks ]
I.M. Favorskaya, “Activities to restore the rights and immortalize the memory of inhabitants of Nizhny Novgorod who were victims of political repression”, Materials of the educational and scholarly conference on Political Repression in the Nizhny Novgorod region: Marking 20 years since the government established the Day in Commemoration of the Victims of Political Repression, Nizhny Novgorod, 2012
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Reply by the Nizhny Novgorod City department for culture (№ 18-495/14-ns of 08 May 2014) to a formal enquiry by RIC Memorial (St Petersburg)
