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1923–1991

Archangelsk

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About

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 the area by the Bolshevik regime in 1919. It was later home to the main administration of the Archangelsklag camp complex.

Camp system

infrastructure

Location

64.5473, 40.5602 — view on OpenStreetMap

Primary sources