Mass Grave of Civil War Guerrillas in the village of Svetloye

In autumn of 1919 a detachment of Kolchak punishers occupied the village of Svetloye. The local resident Ilia Stepanovich Didenko, his companion Anton Ivanovich Kurbatov and others were killed due to communication with guerrillas. All 17 people killed were buried in the mass grave. In 1921 a wooden monument was erected, and in 1954 a brick one was built.

The monument is made in the form of a faceted obelisk with a pointed pyramidal top, crowned with a star. The obelisk stands on the massive base. There is plate with the following inscription on one of the faces: "For fighters for the power of the Soviets". The monument was erected in honor of the inhabitants of the village of Svetloye, who died during the Civil War.

Location: Tsentralnaya str. (in the square near the shop), the village of Svetloye, Nizhny Uryum Village Council, Zdvinsky district, Novosibirsk region

How to get there: the distance from the village of Zdvinsk (city center of Zdvinsky district) to the village of Svetloye is 37 km by car, the distance from the city of Novosibirsk to the village of Svetloye is 400 km by car.
One can get from the Novosibirsk bus station (4 Krasny avenue) to the village of Zdvinsk by bus on the route "Novosibirsk-Zdvinsk". One can get from the village of Zdvinsk to the village of Svetloye by bus on the route "Zdvinsk-Novorossiyskoye-Nemki".