Relatively comfortable prisoners’ barracks
This building is intended for prisoners, though it has more comfortable conditions than prevailed at most large barracks. It is less than half the...
A térképen feltüntetett helyszínek az „Emberek“ rovatban szereplő történetekhez kapcsolódnak. Térképünkön olyan helyszíneket is feltüntettünk, amelyeket műholdfelvételek és részletes katonai térképek segítségével sikerült felderítenünk (az átkapcsolás a térkép jobb felső sarkában található). A térképen megjelölt piros pontok a Gulag egyes táborigazgatóságait jelzik.
Depot
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 ...
Ukhta cemetery
Cemetery for prisoners of Ukhtizemlag who died in Camp hospital no. 7 in Ukhta.
Shuchy labour camp
Labour camp. Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line.
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; ...
96th kilometre labour camp
Labour camp on the Turukhan River. Used in the construction and maintenance of the railway line.
Barabanicha labour camp
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...
Arhangelszk
A port city on the banks of the White Sea in the north of Russia. The first correctional labour camps (the so-called Northern Camps) were set up in...
Dugyinka
River port on the River Yenisei in north-eastern Siberia. Transit centre for the transportation of prisoners and materials to the Norillag camps. A...
Harkov
In 1917–1934 capital city of the Ukrainian SSR. It was home to several prisons and GPU, OGPU and later NKVD interrogation centres. From 1945 to 195...
Ivano-Frankivszk
Previously known as Stanislaviv. A Polish city after WWI, it was occupied by the Red Army at the end of September 1939. From October 1939 to June 1...
Jekatyerinburg
Formerly Sverdlovsk. At various periods it was home to the administrations of several correctional labour camps (the Sverdlovsklag) and POW camps.
Kijev
From 1934 capital of the Ukrainian SSR. Home to two large burial grounds of victims of political repression and executions from the Great Terror pe...
Kirov
City in the northeast of the European part of Russia, formerly known as Vyatka. At various periods it was home to the administrations of several sm...
Kotlasz
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.
Lemberg
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...
Litoměřice
Has been home to a remand prison since the start of the 20th century.
Lukiskiu börtön
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...
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...
Murmanszk
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...