Likovlag

Likovsky ITL (Russian: Ликовский исправительно-трудовой лагерь), Likovlag (Russian: Ликовлаг), or Construction site number 204 (Russian: строительство № 204) was a Soviet Gulag labour camp in Moscow oblast whose inmates built the Vnukovo airport.

Vnukovo airport old terminal (pictured in 2000) built by inmates of Likovlag concentration camp

History

The concentration camp was established on 16 August 1938.[1] It was located between the villages Likova and Izvarino, Kuntsevsky rayon, Moscow Oblast. The construction was personally overseen by Kliment Voroshilov.[2]

Prisoners of Likovlag were also working on the construction of a residential building for the Soviet elite on the Frunzenskaya embankment in central Moscow.[3][1]

The camp was closed down soon after completion of the construction of Vnukovo airport in late 1941.[1]

Number of inmates

As at date Number
1 October 1938 2,817[3][1]
1 January 1939 4,556[1]
15 February 1939 3,987[4]
1 January 1940 3,255[1]
July 1941 г. 11,063[3]

Camp commandants

  • Krichmar Ya.N., since 16 August 38[1]
  • Umov I.A. (mentioned in January and April 1941)[1]
  • Makukha ?.?., by 16 October 1941[1]

References

  1. ЛИКОВСКИЙ ИТЛ И СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВО 204 (Ликовлаг) [Likovsky ITL and Construction Site 204 (Likovlag)] — Memorial (society) website
  2. 204 метра над уровнем моря. История создания района Внуково [204 m above sea level. History of Vnukovo District] — Vnukovo Utilities Services Company official website, 17.08.2020.
  3. Территория бывшего Ликовлага (Москва) — Wikimapia.org
  4. Н. В. Петров. История империи «Гулаг», Глава 7 [History of the Gulag empire, by Nikita Petrov, chapter 7]


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