From 1935 to 1941 branches of the Volga corrective-labour camp responsible for building the Rybinsk hydroelectric station were based in the Rybinsk district. One was located in the Volzhsky settlement (now part of Rybinsk). Prisoners who died there were buried in the infirmary cemetery both in mass and individual graves. The exact numbers buried there are unknown.
Thanks to the efforts of teachers and pupils from Rybinsk lyceum No 38, a memorial was erected there and dedicated on 12 October 2006. It is made up of boulders gathered on the banks of the Volga and a plaque bearing the words: “May we never forget the victims of Volgolag”.
Lest We Forget: A Book in Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression, linked by Fate to the Yaroslavl Region (9 vols, 1993-2017) includes biographical entries for those shot or sent to the camps.
The Memorial online database (2025) includes 15,644 victims in the Yaroslavl Region (BR 14,015).
Two thirds (10,049) were local residents. At least 2,148 were shot (1,735 during the Great Terror). Charges were dropped against another 445, 17 of whom died in captivity. Almost 3,000 were held in the camps. Over 1,000 locals were deported from the Region in the early 1930s. Аnother 1,080, most born in the Region, were “repressed” by the police, mainly in 1930-1931 (876).
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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15 October
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Commemorative services
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nk
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priests, parishioners, relatives of the victims, staff and schoolchildren of lyceum No 38
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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 and hyperlinks ]
V. Lezhnevsky, “A minute’s silence in the Republic of the Lyceum”, Severny krai (Yaroslavl), 20 November 2007
Reply №01-04540/14 (dated 6 May 2014) by the Yaroslavl Region Administration to a formal enquiry by RIC Memorial (St Petersburg)
