In December 1920, after units of the Red Army suppressed the Kamyshovoe uprising, Cossacks who had taken part in the rebellion and their families were shot summarily in the steppe bordering the Nizhne-Olkhovaya-Pozdeevaya village. Researchers concur that there were more than one hundred victims, including children.
In 2005, a four-metre memorial cross was erected on the burial site. On the crossbeam are inscribed the words, “Grant them Thy peace, O Lord”, and, on the reverse “Save and Protect”. A board affixed to the upright reads, “Here lie heroes of the Don. Praise to the Don Cossacks”.
A five-volume unofficial edition We have not forgotten: A Book in Remembrance of the Victims of Unlawful Political Repression was published between 1995 and 2004. It contains information about 3,800 who were shot or sent to the camps.
The Memorial online database (2025) lists 48,170 victims in the Rostov Region (BR 7,589).
1,869 were condemned to death from the 1930s onwards (586 in 1937 and 1938). Charges were dropped against 785 other individuals, 81 of whom died in captivity. 4,000 were sent to the camps. Families and individuals (total 367) deported from the Rostov Region are supplemented by 40,151 recorded by the police. The latter were presumably deported to the Rostov Region, but the only major information is that over half (22,060) were “repressed because of their nationality”.
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
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19 September
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Commemorative Services
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Priests of the church of the Archangel Michael, Pozdneyevka
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parishioners, Cossacks of the Miller yurt of the Rostov Region
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Annual Event
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
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have not survived
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not established
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not delineated
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[ Original texts & hyperlinks ]
“A Cossack rebellion”, Geokashing website
