In February 1940 about 1,200 deported Poles were transferred to the Neisky district of the Kostroma Region. The number who ended up in the town of Neya has not been established. Those who died were buried in a separate section of the town cemetery accordance with Catholic rites; markers and headboards were placed on their graves. How many died and were buried is not known.
On 27 May 2007, thanks to the efforts of Tadeusz Rzeszutek, a former deportee, a monument was placed in the cemetery in memory of those Poles who died in exile. The memorial plaque bears the following words in Russian and Polish: “In memory of the Poles who spent 1940-1946 in the Neisky district and in gratitude to its inhabitants / Рamięci polakow, рozostatym w Nejskiej ziemi w 1940-1946 rr. i wdzięczności mieszkańcom rejona”. To either side of the memorial stand two crosses, one Catholic, the other Orthodox. The Union of Siberians in Sulecin (Poland) funded the memorial.
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
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Commemorative services
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From time to time
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have not survived
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not determined
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not delineated
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[ original texts and hyperlinks ]
Irina Flige, “The memory of Soviet State Terror against the Poles. Polish remembrance in contemporary Russia”, Cogita!ru, 4 March 2013 [retrieved, 28 May 2022]
“The monument to the Poles who remained in the Neisky district”, The Virtual Museum of the Gulag [retrieved, 28 May 2022]
