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1923–1991

Locomotive No. 3 in Ermakovo

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About

After the death of Stalin in March 1953, the entire construction of the railway from Salekhard to Igarka was hastily mothballed and abandoned. Consequently, in the middle of the taiga, we can come across rusting locomotives and other railroad equipment.

Camp system

transit-camp

Location

66.5921, 86.1809 — view on OpenStreetMap

Primary sources