1923–1991
Norilsk
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About
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 the mining and metallurgical industries but also built a railway linking Norilsk with the port of Dudinka.
Camp system
labour-camp