Guard tower and water tank
The remains of a guard tower and, from the other side, a tank for fire-fighting in the Ketlar camp. In the case of the guard tower only the support...
A térképen feltüntetett helyszínek az „Emberek“ rovatban szereplő történetekhez kapcsolódnak. Térképünkön olyan helyszíneket is feltüntettünk, amelyeket műholdfelvételek és részletes katonai térképek segítségével sikerült felderítenünk (az átkapcsolás a térkép jobb felső sarkában található). A térképen megjelölt piros pontok a Gulag egyes táborigazgatóságait jelzik.
Locomotive at bridge over Turukhan River
After Stalin’s death in March 1953 the entire construction of the railway from Salekhard to Igarka was hastily shelved and abandoned. We can theref...
Prison building 5b, Barabanicha labour camp
The bunk beds and stove in the northern part of this building are largely destroyed. Cleaning equipment can be found in a utility room by the entra...
Watchtower (Klyuch labour camp)
Watchtowers were mostly located on each corner of the labour camp. In larger camps, with a perimeter bigger than the usual 150 metres x 150 metres,...
Bath and laundry (96th kilometre labour camp)
Quite a lot of attention was paid to hygiene in the Gulag camps. Among other reasons, this was done in order to prevent infections or outbreaks of ...
Railway bridge
The construction of railway bridges on the Salekhard-Igarka route was also completely ensured by prisoners. Here we offer a tour of a reinforced-co...
Gatehouse and gate (Ketlar labour camp)
Every camp had only one entrance: the main gate. Beside the gate was a gatehouse, of which one half was located inside the camp and the other half ...
Latrine (Terraska labour camp)
Latrines were among the most basic equipment of each camp and were always one of the first facilities to be built. There were mostly two communal l...
Kitchen, mess hall, clubhouse (96th kilometre labour camp)
Every camp had its own kitchen connected to a mess hall. In the camps we have explored most are located at the opposite end from the main entrance ...