In 1930-1932, those shot in Ust-Sysolsk, today Syktyvkar (capital of the Komi Republic), were buried in a wooded area on the outskirts of the town, near the Kirul suburb. At present, the buildings of the city airport occupy the site.
Repentance: the Komi Republic Martyrology of the Victims of Mass Political Repression (11 vols. 1998-2016), includes biographical entries on 60,000 who were shot or sent to the camps.
Drawing on that source, the Memorial online database (2025) includes 129,473 victims in the Komi Republic.
4,174 were shot, more than half during the Great Terror (2,633) but no more than 11 are named for 1930-1932. Cases against 1,797 individuals were discontinued, 199 of whom died in custody. Almost 55,000 were held in the camps, where more than 10,000 died. Оver 60,000 were either deported to the Republic’s special settlements or were born there (7,000): 597 are listed as dying there.
| 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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Rogachev, M.B., “Syktyvkar: Remembering the Terror” (manuscript), Syktyvkar, 2009
Reply from the Komi Republic Ministry of Culture (No 06-17-1230 of 30 April 2014) to a formal enquiry by RIC Memorial (St Petersburg)
