115th kilometre labour camp

Labour camp on the Turukhan River. Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line.

11th kilometre labour camp

A regular labour camp intended for use in the construction and maintenance of the railway line and a bridge across the nearby Barabanicha rivulet.

123rd kilometre labour camp

Labour camp on the Turukhan River. Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line and an adjacent bridge over the Makovskaya River.

140th kilometre labour camp

Labour camp. Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line.

166th kilometre labour camp

Atypical labour camp. Probably used in the maintenance of railway equipment.

169th kilometre labour camp

Camp on the riverulet Bludnaya. When the railway construction project came to an end it was abandoned here.

96th kilometre labour camp

Labour camp on the Turukhan River. Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line.

Administrative building (Barabanikha labour camp)

The smooth operation of the camp was done from the administrative barracks, which kept accounts, a list of prisoners, and a summary of the work per...

Barabanicha labour camp

A vast camp for an estimated 1,000 prisoners. Unlike the other camps mapped, this one includes a hospital, large clubhouse, dog kennels and several...

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 ...

Bridge over Barabanikha river

Bridge over Penzeryakha river

Burovaya labour camp

A dilapidated camp on the Turukhan River. Alongside the construction of the railway line it was used in work on nearby drilling towers.

Carpentry workshop and storehouse

In every labour camp, there were also various workshops, storehouses, and work huts. Here, we are offering a tour of a carpentry workshop located i...

Depot

The depot lies 2.5 kilometres along the embankment from the abandoned town of Yermakovo on the banks of the Yenisei; around it the main embankment ...

Dining hall, Klyuch labour camp

The dining hall at the Klyuch camp is one of the few buildings to have survived a fire in August 2013. However, it is in a poor state with a collap...

Disinfection and drying room (Barabanikha labour camp)

Besides a steam bath with a laundry, a disinfection room and drying room also played a role in preventive hygiene. These were mostly located in one...

Dog kennels (Barabanikha labour camp)

Guard dogs were an essential element of patrols at Gulag camps. Their pens were located outside the fenced area of camps. Ten wooden kennels have b...

Gate

Remnants of a simple, unadorned entrance gate at a camp at the 96-kilometre point on the Turukhan River. To the right of the gate are ruins of the ...

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 ...

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...

Idyakha labour camp

Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line.

Infirmary (Barabanikha labour camp)

Hard physical labour every day, poor food and difficult conditions in general at Gulag camps caused a great number of illnesses and injuries. These...

Ketpar labour camp

Labour camp on the rivulet Ketpar. Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line and an adjacent bridge.

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 ...