169th kilometre labour camp
Camp on the riverulet Bludnaya. When the railway construction project came to an end it was abandoned here.
Camp on the riverulet Bludnaya. When the railway construction project came to an end it was abandoned here.
Labour camp on the Turukhan River. Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line.
A dilapidated camp on the Turukhan River. Alongside the construction of the railway line it was used in work on nearby drilling towers.
Labour camp on the Turukhan River. Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line and an adjacent bridge over the Makovskaya River.
Cemetery for prisoners of Ukhtizemlag who died in Camp hospital no. 7 in Ukhta.
Atypical labour camp. Probably used in the maintenance of railway equipment.
Work camp used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line. Nearby is a quarry that was the source of sand used in the construction of ...
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...
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...
Hard physical labour every day, poor food and difficult conditions in general at Gulag camps caused a great number of illnesses and injuries. These...
The northern half of prison building no. 4 with very well-preserved “wagon” type bunk beds. Each living quarters had a different interior and decor...
Labour camp on the Turukhan River. Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line.
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 ...
Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line.
The ruins of a famous pantheon in honour of Stalin built in the village of Kureyka, where he was exiled under the tsar.
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 ...
Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line.
Intended for prisoners, this was the most common type of building in every camp. This type of barracks measures 40 m x 8.5 m and is divided into fo...
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...
A regular labour camp intended for use in the construction and maintenance of the railway line and a bridge across the nearby Barabanicha rivulet.
This type of building measures 26m x 8m and is divided by an internal wall into two equal halves with separate entrances. Each part housed 40–50 pr...
This building is intended for prisoners, though it has more comfortable conditions than prevailed at most large barracks. It is less than half the...
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...