In April 1949, about 50 deported Lithuanian families (180 men, women and children) were brought to Katarma village in the Irkutsk Region. The adult males worked in the logging industry. Those deportees who died in Katarma were buried in a separate section of the village graveyard. In accordance with Catholic rites a marker and name plates were added to each grave. The total number who died is unknown.
In 2005, the cemetery was studied by Lithuanian researcher Gintautas Alekna. A photo survey was carried out, eight graves with markers were discovered, and a plan of the layout of the burials was made.
Research on the Genocide of the Lithuanian People (Lietuvos gyventoju Genocidas; 3 vols. 1999-2009) contains about 130,000 biographical entries (in Lithuanian). Volume 3 covers the period from 1948 onwards.
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
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nk
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Commemorative Services
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nk
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nk
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From time to time
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
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Eight headboards have survived
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not established
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not delineated
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[ Original texts & hyperlinks ]
Report on the 2005 expedition by the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania
T.V. Burauskaitė, “Katarma (Irkutskas)”, Universal Lithuanian Encyclopaedia, Vol 9, Vilnius, 2006 (in Lithuanian)
