From the late 1920s to the mid-1950s “Special” settlers were distributed, at various times, to over eight hundred factories or special settlements in the Perm Region (renamed Molotov Region, 1940-1957). More than fifty of these locations were in the Alexandrovsk district.
The information below was assembled by Alexander Chernyshov of Perm Memorial from local and national archives and the information centre of the region’s Internal Affairs department.
ALEXANDROVSK Deportees graveyard
Forced settlers and Germans, 1930s-1950s [59-06]
1 January 1945 – 206 families of former kulaks (361 children {1}, 191 women, 159 men) – 711 people
1 January 1946 – 316 families (548 children, 181 women, 630 men) – 1,359 people
Of these – 957 were former “kulaks” {2} ; 402 Soviet Germans
1 January 1950 – 251 families (73 children, 111 women, 333 men)
Of these 517 people – 13 families (40 individuals) came from Crimea; 235 families (419 individuals) were Soviet Germans;3 families (25 people) were Ukrainian nationalists {3}; 33 people were Vlasovites {4}
1 January 1951 – 206 families (89 children, 152 women, 180 men)
Of these 421 people – 22 families (26 people) were from Crimea; 167 families (300 people) were Soviet Germans; 17 families (58 people) were Ukrainian nationalists; 37 people were Vlasovites.
12 December 1952 – 603 people
Safonovo special settlement, deportees’ graves: forced settlers and Crimeans (1930s-1950s)
Place itself no longer exists [59-09]
1 July 1939 – 146 families (166 children, 161 women, 156 men) – 483 people
1 January 1941 – 131 families (168 children, 150 women, 146 men) – 464 people
1 July 1943 – 132 families, 438 people
In these three years these were all deported peasant special settlers
1 January 1945 – 195 families (251 children, 241 women, 163 men) – 655 people
Of these – 73 families (295 people) were from Crimea; 122 families (360 people) were former “kulaks”
Sukhaya village. Deportees graves in the churchyard (1930s-1950s)
In these three years all the people listed in Sukhaya village were deported peasants [59-07].
1 July 1939 – 133 families (174 children, 173 women, 142 men) – 489 people
1 January 1941 – 127 families (163 children, 171 women, 135 men) – 469 people
1 July 1943 – 127 families, 388 people
NOTES
{1} Children refers to those under 16 years of age.
{2} “Kulak” notoriously vague definition, a rich peasant.
{3} Literally, supporters of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists.
{4} Soviet citizens who served, under General Vlasov, in the Russian Liberation Army.