On 22 September 1920, during the Red Terror, about 50 Cossacks from Tsarskaya (today Novosvobodnaya) and Sevastopolskaya cantonments were shot summarily in the Zhukovaya gully where their bodies were then buried. Legend says that an oak cross was erected on the site by the villagers and survived until the 1950s. Local historians have recovered the names of 32 victims. A metal Orthodox cross was placed on the burial site about ten years ago.
Entries for Adygea are included in the Book in Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression in the Krasnodar Region (8 volumes, 2005-2015).
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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September
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Commemorative Service
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Maikop Cossack Society
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Cossacks, clergy, inhabitants of Novosbodnaya and Stavropolskaya cantonments and district and republican officials
|
Annual event
|
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30 October
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Remembrance Day for the Victims of Political Repression
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Maikop Cossack Society
|
Cossacks, clergy, inhabitants of Novosbodnaya and Stavropolskaya cantonments and district officials
|
Annual event
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
|---|---|---|
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Have not survived
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Not defined
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Not delineated
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[ original texts and hyperlinks ]
N. Starkov, “Such a thing must not be forgotten”, Kuban Cossack Host website
Z.A. Gobechiya, “Decossackization and dekulakization of Cossacks in the 1920s: the case of the Maikop department”, Issues in Cossack History and Culture, No 5, Maikop, 2000
