Sukhoi Log lies on the outskirts of Kekur village. In the 1930s secret executions and burials of Kudymkar district inhabitants took place there. The burial was discovered and investigated in 1994 by A.M. Krivoshchokov, director of the Komi-Permyak branch of Memorial, and E.Yu. Makarov from the Komi-Permyak district museum of history and local studies. That year a memorial cross was erected on the site and in 1997 a symbolic grave of the Unknown Victim of Repression was organised there. An obelisk in “Eternal memory of the slain innocents” was placed there the same year thanks to the Komi-Permyak branch of the Memorial Society.
Since 2000 the burial has the status of a site of cultural heritage of regional significance. In May 2013 participants in Perm Memorial’s “Rivers of Memory” expedition added a notice to the cross with information about the history of repression in the Kudymkar district.
Years of Terror: A Book in Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression, Perm (13 vols. 1998-2010) includes 35,000 biographical entries for those shot or sent to the camps.
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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30 October
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Remembrance Day for the Victims of Political Repression
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Komi-Permyak branch of Memorial Society
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members of Memorial, representatives of Kudymkar district administration and public
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Annual event
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
|---|---|---|
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subsidence over burials
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5 hectares
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Not fenced off. Demarcated on two sides by south slope of ravine and stream
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[ original texts and hyperlinks ]
Standing order No. 713-r (5 December 2000) of the Perm Region governor: State recording of the area’s historical and cultural memorials
“Meanwhile silence reigns in Sukhoi Log”, Parma, newspaper of the Komi-Permyak district, 2 November 2012
“Findings of an expedition by members of Perm Memorial society in the Komi district”, Human Rights in Russia (HRO), 14 June 2013 [retrieved, 28 May 2022]
“Memorials to the victims of political repression in the Perm Region”, Russian Association of the (disabled) Victims of Unlawful Political Repression [retrieved, 28 May 2022]
“Memorials in the Perm Region”, Perm regional section of the International Memorial society [retrieved, 28 May 2022]
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“Sukhoi log. Place of execution and burial”, Virtual Museum of the Gulag [retrieved, 28 May 2022]
Reply by the Perm Region Ministry of Culture, Youth Policy and Mass Communications (27 March 2014) to a formal enquiry from RIC Memorial (St. Petersburg)
