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Gdov Kremlin (c)** Reburial of executed & prison dead

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№60-02

Date of burial
1930s [1989]
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Address
Pskov Region, Gdov, Kremlin
Access in a populated area
Public transport
On foot
Visiting Hours or Restrictions
Unrestricted
Type of burial
Secret interment of executed
Camp (prison) burial ground
Reburial
Current use
Cultural and/or educational purposes
Excursions
Ceremonial events
Presence of memorials, etc.
Yes
Protected status
Not protected
Фотография 1989 года
Фотография 1989 года
Background

In the 1930s, the district NKVD prison was located in the cathedral of St Demetrios of Thessalonia, in the southeast part of the Gdov Kremlin. Those who died in the prison and were shot there were buried nearby. In the Great Patriotic War, the cathedral was mined and destroyed.

During archaeological investigation in 1989 burials of various eras were discovered, including those who died in the NKVD prison. When the excavations ended, all the remains (which filled seven coffins) were reburied next to the walls of the new cathedral of the Icon of the Mother of God (then under construction). A commemorative wooden cross bearing a memorial board was erected over the burials.

Books of Remembrance

We shall not forget: A Book in Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression (15 vols. 1996-2004) contains biographical entries on 28,000 who were shot or sent to the Gulag; six volumes contain entries about 13,500 who were dekulakized or deported.

The Memorial online database (2021) lists 35,016 victims in the Pskov Region.

7,202 were shot during the Great Terror; Charges against another 4801 individuals were dropped (2,369 having been arrested in 1937-1938); 121 died in captivity. Over 15,000 were sent to the camps (4,495 in 1937-8); and 7,669 were deported to other Regions.

Ceremonies
DateNature of ceremoniesOrganiser or responsible personParticipantsFrequency
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Commemorative Services
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From time to time
Nature of area requiring preservation
State of burialsAreaBoundaries
The reburial area is in good condition
not determined
not delineated
Administrative responsibility and ownership, informal responsibility for the site
On land under the control of the Gdov municipal district administration. Parishioners of the Cathedral of the Mother of God icon (Derzhavnaya) care for the territory
Sources and bibliography

[ Original texts & hyperlinks ]

Archpriest Mikhail (Zhenochkin), The cathedral of the Icon of the Mother of God in the Gdov Kremlin: History and contemporary spiritual rebirth, Pskov, 200-, 46 pp.

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