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 ...

Klyuch labour camp

Labour camp. Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line. Burned down in August 2013.

Kotlas

A transit centre for the transportation of prisoners and materials to camps on the territory of the Komi Autonomous Socialist Republic. Starting po...

Krasnoyarsk

At various periods was home to the administrations of several correctional labour camps (the Yeniseilag, Tayozhlag, Zhelezlag) and POW camps.

Kyzylorda

Latrine (Terraska labour camp)

Latrines were among the most basic equipment of each camp and were always one of the first facilities to be built. There were mostly two communal l...

Leninogorsk

Limbyayakha labour camp

Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line.

Litoměřice

Has been home to a remand prison since the start of the 20th century.

Locomotive at bridge over Turukhan River

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...

Locomotive no. 1, Yermakovo

Less than a kilometre southwest of Yermakovo an Ov-type locomotive stands on the remains of an embankment. Thanks to its comparative accessibility ...

Locomotive No. 2 in Ermakovo

After the death of Stalin in March 1953, the entire construction of the railway from Salekhard to Igarka was hastily mothballed and abandoned. Cons...

Locomotive No. 3 in Ermakovo

After the death of Stalin in March 1953, the entire construction of the railway from Salekhard to Igarka was hastily mothballed and abandoned. Cons...

Lubyanka

Lubyanka is a prison on the same name square in Moscow's Meshchanskiy district.

Lukiškės Prison

Prison on Lukiškės Square in Lithuania’s Vilnius. From June 1940 to July 1941 an NKVD prison. After the Nazi occupation used by the Gestapo. From 1...

Lviv

A Polish city after WWI, it was occupied by the Red Army at the end of September 1939. From October 1939 to June 1941 housed several NKVD prisons a...

Magadan

A port city in north-eastern Siberia in the Far East. Transit centre for the transportation of prisoners and materials to camps in the area of the ...

Marhanets

Town in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central-southern Ukraine where ore mines were located. Captives mined manganese ore in the mines of the Nikopo...

Mírov

Former medieval castle that has served as a prison since the mid 19th century. Following the war held collaborators with the Nazi regime; after 194...

Murmansk

Port city in north-western Russia. At various periods it was home to the administrations of several correctional labour camps (Kollag) and POW camp...

Nadvirna

From October 1939 to June 1941 an NKVD border prison and interrogation centre.

Norilsk

City 400 km beyond the Arctic Circle. In 1935–1956 it was the centre of the Norillag (Norislk correctional labour camp). Prisoners mainly worked in...

Novosibirsk

City in south-western Siberia. At various periods it was home to the administrations of several correctional labour camps (Siblag, Novosibirsklag, ...

Omsk

City in south-western Siberia. At various periods it was home to the administrations of several correctional labour camps (Omlag, Omskstroy).

Pankrác

Prison built at the end of the 19th century. After February 1948 political opponents of the Communist regime were imprisoned and executed there.