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| '''Vorkuta''' ({{lang-ru|Воркута́}}) is a ] ] town in the ], ], situated just north of the ] in the ], at {{coor dm|67|30|N|64|00|E|}}. Its population as of the 2002 census was 84,917. It had its origin in one of the more notorious ]s of the ] which was established in ]. | '''Vorkuta''' ({{lang-ru|Воркута́}}) is a ] ] town in the ], ], situated just north of the ] in the ], at {{coor dm|67|30|N|64|00|E|}}. Its population as of the 2002 census was 84,917. It had its origin in one of the more notorious ]s of the ] which was established in ]. | ||
| ] in the ] is a matter of honor, glory, pride and heroism"'' (popular citation from ] ''Report to the 16th Congress of the ]'') ]] | ] in the ] is a matter of honor, glory, pride and heroism"'' (popular citation from ] ''Report to the 16th Congress of the ]''); compare with ], a similar slogan used in German camps.]] ]] | ||
| In ] the town and the labor camp system based around it were connected to the rest of the world by a prisoner-built railroad linking ] and ], and the camps of ]. Vorkuta became a city on ], ]. It was the largest centre of ] camps in European part of the ] and served as administrative centre for a large number of smaller camps and sub-camps, among them Kotlas, ], and Izhma (modern ]). In ] the town witnessed a major uprising by the concentration camp inmates, so-called ]. After it was bloodily quelled by the ] and the ], many of the Gulag camps were disbanded in the ]. However, it is reported that some in the Vorkuta area continued to operate into the 1980s. | In ] the town and the labor camp system based around it were connected to the rest of the world by a prisoner-built railroad linking ] and ], and the camps of ]. Vorkuta became a city on ], ]. It was the largest centre of ] camps in European part of the ] and served as administrative centre for a large number of smaller camps and sub-camps, among them Kotlas, ], and Izhma (modern ]). In ] the town witnessed a major uprising by the concentration camp inmates, so-called ]. After it was bloodily quelled by the ] and the ], many of the Gulag camps were disbanded in the ]. However, it is reported that some in the Vorkuta area continued to operate into the 1980s. | ||
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Vorkuta (Template:Lang-ru) is a coal mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic circle in the Pechora coal basin, at 67°30′N 64°00′E / 67.500°N 64.000°E / 67.500; 64.000. Its population as of the 2002 census was 84,917. It had its origin in one of the more notorious forced labour camps of the Gulag which was established in 1932.
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In 1941 the town and the labor camp system based around it were connected to the rest of the world by a prisoner-built railroad linking Konosha and Kotlas, and the camps of Inta. Vorkuta became a city on November 26, 1943. It was the largest centre of Gulag camps in European part of the USSR and served as administrative centre for a large number of smaller camps and sub-camps, among them Kotlas, Pechora, and Izhma (modern Sosnogorsk). In 1953 the town witnessed a major uprising by the concentration camp inmates, so-called Vorkuta Uprising. After it was bloodily quelled by the Red Army and the NKVD, many of the Gulag camps were disbanded in the 1950s. However, it is reported that some in the Vorkuta area continued to operate into the 1980s.
By the early part of the 21st century many of the mines have been closed as problems with high costs of operations have plagued the mine operators. At one time during the late 1980s and 1990s there were labor actions in the area by miners who had not been paid for a year. .
During the Cold War an Arctic Control Group forward staging base for strategic bombers was located at Vorkuta.
External links
- Satellite images of the Vorkuta region
- Don't Forget Vorkuta: A Soviet Holocaust
- Contemporary photographs - Vorkuta city
- Historical photographs
- Other photographs
Adapted from the article Vorkuta, from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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