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Kara-Koba village* Lithuanian graveyard

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Date of burial
1941-1957
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Address
Altai Republic, Ongudaisky district, Kara-Koba village
Access in a populated area
On foot
Visiting Hours or Restrictions
Unrestricted
Type of burial
Deportees’ graveyard
Current use
Burial ground and/or commemorative site
Presence of memorials, etc.
Yes
Protected status
Not protected
Фотография Г.Алекны 2012 года
Фотография Г.Алекны 2012 года
Background

In 1941, in response to the 16 May 1941 Politburo resolution, deported Lithuanians were allocated to the Kara-Koba village in the Ongudaisky district. Their exact number is unknown. The adults worked in the fields, logging timber and in a vegetable-growing State farm. Those who died were buried according to Catholic rites in a separate section of the graveyard, with headboards on their graves. The total numbers who died have not been established.

In 1990, former deportees and their relations visited the graveyard. They put up a wooden commemorative cross there, bearing the name plate “Kazakevicius”, surrounded by small posts (no longer extant), each decorated with a crucifix. In 2011, Lithuanian researcher Gintautas Alekna studied the graveyard and carried out a photo survey. In August 2012, members of the “Destination, Siberia” youth expedition from Lithuania worked in the graveyard. They cleared the territory and prepared and installed a new wooden cross to replace the now dilapidated 1990 cross.

Books of Remembrance

Research on the Genocide of the Lithuanian People (Lietuvos gyventoju Genocidas; 3 vols. 1999-2009) contains about 130,000 biographical entries (in Lithuanian). Vols. 1 & 2 cover the period from 1939 to 1947; vol. 3 from 1948 onwards.

Nature of area requiring preservation
State of burialsAreaBoundaries
One headboard has survived
not defined
not delineated
Administrative responsibility and ownership, informal responsibility for the site
On land under the control of the Ondugaisky district administration
Sources and bibliography

[ original texts and hyperlinks ]

Note on the 1991 expedition by the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania

“Ekspedicija Altajus 2012”, Lemtis (Destiny) association website (in Lithuania)

G. Alekna, “Ekspedicija 2012. Altajus Kara Koba” (YouTube film) retrieved 26 May 2022

 

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