The graveyard of the forced settlers is in Shiryaevo village which served in the 1930s-1950s as a special settlement for dekulakized peasant families, deported from the surrounding Samara (Kuibyshev) Region and further afield. The exact numbers of forced settlers buried in the cemetery is unknown. Grave markers have not survived, and part of the cemetery was used for building purposes in the 1960s.
On the surviving section of the former cemetery a memorial was erected in 2010. The concrete pillar bears a plaque reading: “Dedicated to the victims of political repression”.
Between 1997 and 2005, twenty-three volumes of The White Book of Victims of Political Repression (Samara Region) were published.
The Memorial online database (2025) includes 54,256 victims from the Samara Region Book of Remembrance.
Over 29,000 deportees are named, the repression of almost 5,000 individuals in the early 1930s is hardly detailed. Some (1,609) were sent to the Samara Region, some “dekulakised” from neighbouring Saratov and Ulyanovsk Regions (527), others during the war. The database names 248 sent to Shiryaevo, most in 1930-1, from the Orenburg Region and Moldavia.
| 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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Zhigulyovsk town admininstration
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Descendants of the forced settlers, representatives of the town administration, voluntary and religious organisations
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Annual event
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
|---|---|---|
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Headboards and crosses have not survived
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not established
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not delineated
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[ Original texts & hyperlinks ]
“The unveiling of a memorial in Shiryaevo”, Zhigulyovsk town administration website, 29 October 2010
