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1923–1991

Solovetsky Islands

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About

In the 1920s and 1930s the OGPU’s Solovetsky correctional labour camp was the most important part of the USSR’s camp system. Its camp complex was intended for the isolation of political opponents of the Bolshevik regime.

Camp system

labour-camp

Location

65.0253, 35.7097 — view on OpenStreetMap

Primary sources