Shirokaya Rechka* Prisoners burials | Russia's Necropolis of Terror and the Gulag

Shirokaya Rechka* Prisoners burials

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№66-32

Date of burial
1930s-1940s
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Address
Yekaterinburg, Shirokaya Rechka settlement, Limestone Barrier national park
Access in a populated area
Private or specialised transport
On foot
Comments
In woods, 1 km from Limestone Barrier
Visiting Hours or Restrictions
Unrestricted
Type of burial
Camp (prison) burial ground
Current use
Excursions
Presence of memorials, etc.
No
Protected status
Not protected
Источник: http://www.myshared.ru/slide/185129/
Источник: http://www.myshared.ru/slide/185129/
Background

In the 1930s and 1940s there was a camp outpost (today known as the Limestone Barrier park) 6 km from the Shirokaya Rechka settlement. The prisoners worked in the limestone quarry. Those who died were buried in the camp burial ground 400 metres from the camp. How many died and were buried there is unknown; the site was not further used after the camp outpost closed.

The burial ground has been studied by children from School No 25, under the guidance of T.E. Solomonova, head of the local museum, and biology teacher V.I. Suvorova. It has also been included in Ecological-Local History Tour No 1, devised by Ms Suvorova.

Books of Remembrance

Тhe Memorial online database (2025) names 38,697 victims in the Sverdlovsk Region (BR 36,494). See Yekaterinburg memorial.

Nature of area requiring preservation
State of burialsAreaBoundaries
Sunsidence where prisoners were buried
Not established
Unmarked
Administrative responsibility and ownership, informal responsibility for the site
On land under the control of the Yekaterinburg City Administration
Sources and bibliography

[ Original texts & hyperlinks ]

Materials from the Museum of School No 25 (Yekaterinburg)

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