What happened at Vorkuta?

The Vorkuta Uprising was a major uprising of forced labor camp inmates at the Vorkuta Gulag in Vorkuta, Russian SFSR, USSR from 19 July (or 22 July) to 1 August 1953, shortly after the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria. The uprising was violently stopped by the camp administration after two weeks of bloodless standoff.

Did anyone escape from Vorkuta?

So, no one has escaped. Really, it was a brawl between prisoners and guards that escalated to a massacre. By the way, there was a mass amnesty for Soviet political prisoners soon after that, and a lot of guys from SC6 were able to return home.

Was Vorkuta a real place?

The Vorkuta Gulag was established by Soviet authorities in 1932, on a site in the basin of the Pechora River, located within the Komi ASSR of the Russian SFSR (present-day Komi Republic, Russia), approximately 1,900 kilometres (1,200 mi) from Moscow and 160 kilometres (99 mi) above the Arctic Circle.

Does anyone live in Vorkuta Russia?

Approximately 15,000 people in Vorkuta are eligible for resettlement, but only around 250 families across the whole of the vast Komi Region are moved each year.

What is the Vorkuta Gulag?

Vorkuta Gulag and the surrounding area is one of the most isolated prison camps that has ever existed. Built in the arctic circle during Stalin’s rule, it housed prisoners of all kinds.

What does Vorkutlag mean?

The Vorkutlag ( Russian: Воркутлаг ), sometimes Vorkuta Gulag, was one of the major Soviet era GULAG labor camps, the full name being the Vorkuta Corrective Labor Camp ( Russian: Воркути́нский исправи́тельно-трудово́й ла́герь, tr. Vorkutínsky ispravítel’no-trudovóy láger’ ).

What was the Vorkuta uprising?

The Vorkuta uprising occurred at the Vorkuta Gulag in July 1953, when inmates at various camps who were forced to work in the region’s coal mines went on strike. The uprising, beginning as a mostly passive walkout, escalated into a strike involving 18,000 inmates across the Vorkuta camp system and lasted for approximately two weeks.

What was Vorkuta Rechlag?

Vorkuta Rechlag (River Camp) or Special Camp No. 6 consisted of 17 separate “departments” engaged in construction of coal mines, coal mining and forestry. In 1946 it housed 62,700 inmates, 56,000 in July 1953. A substantial portion of the camp guards were former convicts.