Vozhayol or Vozhael (Russian: Вожаёль) is a rural settlement in Knyazhpogostsky District of Komi Republic, Russia. Formerly an urban settlement (1942/1944–1991), now it is an administrative unit of the Trakt [ru] municipality.
The Ustvymlag, a forestry gulag that held a maximum of 24,000 prisoners and operated from 1937 until the 1960s, was relocated into Vozhayol.
References
- "The Gulag in Northwest Russia". Map of Memory. 2021.
- "Digging Up My Grandfather's Killers—A Journey Through the Stalinist Archives". carnegieendowment.org. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
62°50′40″N 51°19′44″E / 62.84444°N 51.32889°E / 62.84444; 51.32889
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