Pertominsk

Pertominsk (Russian: Пертоминск) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Pertominskoye Rural Settlement of Primorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The population was 252 as of 2010.[2] There are 12 streets.

Pertominsk
Пертоминск
Settlement
Pertominsk is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Pertominsk
Pertominsk
Pertominsk is located in Russia
Pertominsk
Pertominsk
Coordinates: 64°47′N 38°24′E[1]
CountryRussia
RegionArkhangelsk Oblast
DistrictPrimorsky District
Time zoneUTC+3:00

Pertominsk concentration camp

Pertominsk was the site of a concentration camp established by the Soviet Union in which various political rivals of the Bolsheviks were detained. This was one of the first such camps, established by the Cheka in 1919.[3] Along with the death camp set up by Mikhail Kedrov in Kholmogory it was part of the Northern Camps of Special Designation.[3]

Geography

Pertominsk is located 186 km northwest of Arkhangelsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Una is the nearest rural locality.[4]

References
  1. Карта поселка Пертоминск в Архангельской области
  2. "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Численность по муниципальным образованиям и населенным пунктам Архангельской области". arhangelskstat.gks.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  3. Baron, Nick (1 April 2001). "Conflict and complicity : The expansion of the Karelian Gulag, 1923-1933". Cahiers du monde russe. Russie - Empire russe - Union soviétique et États indépendants (in French). 42 (42/2-4): 615–648. doi:10.4000/monderusse.8471. ISSN 1252-6576.
  4. Расстояние от Пертоминска до Архангельска
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