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Alexandrovskoe village (c) Deportees graves

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№70-13

Date of burial
1940s-1950s
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Address
Tomsk Region, Alexandrovsky district, Alexandrovskoe village
Access in a populated area
On foot
Visiting Hours or Restrictions
Unrestricted
Type of burial
Deportees’ graveyard
Current use
Ceremonial events
Presence of memorials, etc.
Yes
Protected status
Not protected
Фотография 2005 года. Источник: Архив НИЦ «Мемориал»
Фотография 2005 года. Источник: Архив НИЦ «Мемориал»
Background

In the 1940s-1950s Alexandrovskoe village served as a special settlement for deported Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, and also for Soviet Germans. The men, women and children who died were buried in a separate part of the village graveyard, usually in individual graves. Lists of the deceased have not been compiled. The grave markers are not well preserved: the crosses are not straight and the names on the headboards cannot be read.

In 1991 the remains of certain Estonians buried there were exhumed by their relatives and taken home. Where their graves were now stands a commemorative cross with two plaques in Estonian and Russian:

“Memento Mori genotsiidi aastaid! Hoidku jumal taevast ja maad kordumaks. Surmakella häält! See on ka sinu kohus, mööduja! IX-1991.a. Tartu. Memento / Remember their deaths in the years of genocide. God forbid that this ever happen again. To preserve life on earth is the duty and honour of each one of us. September 1991. Tartu. The Memento Association”

Ceremonies
DateNature of ceremoniesOrganiser or responsible personParticipantsFrequency
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Commemorative Services
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From time to time
Nature of area requiring preservation
State of burialsAreaBoundaries
grave-markers poorly preserved, crosses leaning over, headboards illegible
not determined
not delineated
Administrative responsibility and ownership, informal responsibility for the site
On land under the control of the Alexandrovsky district administration
Sources and bibliography

[ Original texts & hyperlinks ]

Materials of the 2005 expedition, RIC Memorial (St Petersburg)

Reply № 17-293 of 13 May 2014 from Tomsk Region department for information & public relations to a formal enquiry by RIC Memorial (St Petersburg)

 

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