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⚫	~~Vorkuta became a city on November 26, 1943. Many of the concentration camps were disbanded in the ], but it is reported that some in the Vorkuta area continued to operate into the 1980s; by~~ the early part of the ] 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. .
			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 ] lagers 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 concentration camps were disbanded in the ]. However, it is reported that some in the Vorkuta area continued to operate into the 1980s.

		⚫	By the early part of the ] 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 ] an ] forward staging base for strategic bombers was located at Vorkuta		During the ] an ] forward staging base for strategic bombers was located at Vorkuta

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Vorkuta (Воркута́), population about 116,000, is a coal mining community in the Komi Republic of Russia 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. It had its origin in one of the more notorious concentration camps of the Gulag which was established in 1932.

File:Vorkuta entrance Labor in the USSR is a matter of honor, glory, pride and heroism.jpg

Vorkuta entrance circa early 1950s. The sign reads: "Labor in the USSR is a matter of honor, glory, pride and heroism". Compare with Arbeit macht frei.

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 lagers 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 concentration 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

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Cities and towns in Russia