Stalin’s Soviet Union · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Vorkuta Gulag (1932–53)
On the Stalin’s Soviet Union map as “Vorkuta”
1932–1953 — Above the Arctic Circle, prisoners opened the Pechora coal basin and built its mines, railway and city. In July 1953, months after Stalin’s death, thousands went on strike seeking review of their sentences. Troops broke the strike at Mine No. 29 by opening fire.
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- Gulag forced-labour camps (chapter 5 of Stalin’s Soviet Union)
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- The Soviet Union under Stalin, 1924–1953
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