The Dead Road – research
During three expeditions (2009, 2011, 2013) we have mapped a total of 15 abandoned camps along the so-called Dead Road Railway – Gulag Construction...
Labour camp on the Turukhan River. Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line.
This camp at the 115-kilometre point on the railway line (calculated from Yermakovo) is in a dire state. Most of its buildings have collapsed or been dismantled by local hunters. Alongside the skeleton of one building, the camp grounds include the dilapidated ruins of a solitary cell.
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