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Burial of the remains of victims of the genocide of the Soviet people


Burial sites of the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people are places where civilians and prisoners of war who perished as a result of the genocide of the Soviet people were buried, including headstones, monuments, fencing elements, and other memorial structures and objects located there. Burial sites of the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people include collective and individual graves on general cemeteries and outside cemeteries, columbariums, and urns containing the ashes of the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people1.

  1. Federal Law No. 74-FZ dated April 21, 2025 "On the Perpetuation of the Memory of Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People During the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945". 2025, as amended on January 1, 2026, Article 3. ↩

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