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...
The following items and documents illustrate various forms of Soviet repression and Gulag camps. They are a selection of items mapped during expeditions, archival materials and objects and documents belonging to individual survivors.
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.
Pechora
Railway station that became a town in 1949. From 1940 the main centre of the Sevpechlag (1940–1950) and Pechorlag (1950–1959) Gulag camp complexes....
Petrozavodsk
City in north-western Russia. At various periods it was home to the administrations of several correctional labour camps (Petrozavodsklag) and POW ...
Prison building 1a, Barabanicha labour camp
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...
Prison building 1b, Barabanicha labour camp
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...
Prison building 2b, Barabanicha labour camp
The southern half of the prison building. By contrast with the other buildings in the Barabanicha camp, there are no locker rooms or washrooms by t...
Prison building 3b, Barabanicha labour camp
The furnishings and look of each part of the building differed considerably. In this part of the building there are firmly fixed double bunk beds; ...
Prison building 4a, Barabanicha labour camp
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...
Prison building 4b, Barabanicha labour camp
The southern half of prison building no. 4 with very well-preserved “wagon” type bunk beds. Each living quarters had a different interior and decor...
Prison building 5a, Barabanicha labour camp
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...
Prison building 5b, Barabanicha labour camp
The bunk beds and stove in the northern part of this building are largely destroyed. Cleaning equipment can be found in a utility room by the entra...
Prisoners’ barracks at 96th kilometre labour camp
The only preserved prisoners’ barracks in this camp differs from other camps chiefly in terms of having less interior decoration as well as its lay...
Prisoners’ barracks (Ketpar labour camp)
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...
Punitive labour camp
This punitive camp is located some distance from the remnants of the railway embankments and is relatively inaccessible. It does not appear on a mi...
Railway bridge
The construction of railway bridges on the Salekhard-Igarka route was also completely ensured by prisoners. Here we offer a tour of a reinforced-co...