Zarys historii sowieckiego obozu specjalnego nr 4 (Stiepłagu) w latach 1948–1954
An outline History of the Soviet Special Camp no. 4 (Stieplag) in the Years 1948–1954

Summary/Abstract: The MVD-USSR special camp no. 4 (the Stiepnyj) was located in territory of the Kazak Soviet Socialist Republic. Under the guise of arresting “extremely dangerous criminals”, Soviet secret service (the NKVD) detained many political prisoners. The Stiepnyj camp was a complex of, initially eight, then nine smaller camps (sub camps) for 25 000 inmates. On 1 September 1949, the total number of “extremely dangerous criminals” was 23 223. In the end of December 1952, detained Ukrainians were in the majority, then Lithuanians, Russians and Latvians. Another group of detainees was mainly comprised of members of the Polish resistance movement – the Home Army (sentenced between 1944–1945 to imprisonment) and of soldiers of the self-defence groups in South-eastern Kresy Region fighting against Soviet dictatorship, after 1945

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