Volchanka village outskirts. Burial of the executed | Russia's Necropolis of Terror and the Gulag

Volchanka village outskirts. Burial of the executed

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№54-03

Date of burial
1920s
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Address
Novosibirsk Region, Dovolensky district, Volchanka village
Access outside a populated area
Private or specialised transport
On foot
Comments
5 kms from Volchanka village
Visiting Hours or Restrictions
Unrestricted
Type of burial
Secret interment of executed
Current use
Unused
Presence of memorials, etc.
Yes
Protected status
Not protected
Фотография не ранее 2007 года. Источник: http://www.orthedu.ru/eparh/4879-pervaya-arxierejskaya-liturgiya-za-80-let-video.html
Фотография не ранее 2007 года. Источник: http://www.orthedu.ru/eparh/4879-pervaya-arxierejskaya-liturgiya-za-80-let-video.html
Background

Local inhabitants testify that in the 1920s priests were shot and buried on the outskirts of Volchanka village. Their remains were discovered in summer 2007 by Father Andrei (Gusev), the incumbent of the church in Volchanka. As well as the bodies of 18 people who had met a violent death there were also three small personal crosses in the pits.

The Novosibirsk Region department of Internal Affairs did not confirm the existence of these sites of mass execution and burial in the Dovolensky district. The remains were reburied on 16 September 2007 in the village Park of Victory; thanks to the efforts of Father Andrei and local residents a tall wooden cross was erected at the place where the bodies were found and the area was fenced off.

Nature of area requiring preservation
State of burialsAreaBoundaries
remains reburied in 2007
not determined
fence erected around burial site
Administrative responsibility and ownership, informal responsibility for the site
On land under the control of the Volchansk rural soviet, Dovolinsky district

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