A Brief History of the Gulag Camps in the Komi Republic. Cover Image

Stručná historie táborů Gulagu v Republice Komi.
A Brief History of the Gulag Camps in the Komi Republic.

The North of European Russia Owes Its Development to the Slavery of Hundreds of Thousands of Prisoners

Author(s): Alexej Rogačev, Michail Rogačev
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: gulags;Komi autonomous region; prisoners; labor;Russia;

Summary/Abstract: In the 1940s, two out of every five inhabitants of the Komi Republic were Gulag prisoners. It is entirely due to the exploitation of these modern-era slaves that traffic infrastructure and the mining industry were built in the region. Almost all of the towns there were founded as labour camps, now commemorated by numerous memorials.

  • Issue Year: XV/2021
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 14-20
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Czech
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