Rechlag

Rechlag also known as Special Camp no.6, Osoblag no. 6 (Russian: Речлаг, Особый лагерь № 6, Особлаг № 6) was a Gulag special labor camp headquartered in Vorkuta, Komi ASSR. It was established on August 27, 1948, from camp departments (лагерное отделение) of Vorkutlag and disestablished on May 26, 1954, by joining back into Vorkutlag.[1][2]

It is particularly known for Vorkuta uprising.

Notable inmates

References

  1. РЕЧНОЙ ЛАГЕРЬ (Особый лагерь № 6, Особлаг № 6, Речлаг), online version of «Система исправительно-трудовых лагерей в СССР». Составитель М. Б. Смирнов М.: Звенья, 1998
  2. РЕЧНОЙ ЛАГЕРЬ
  3. Sergey Golovanov. "The Historical Destiny of the Russian Catholic Tradition of the Byzantine Rite, 1917 – 1991." Archived 26 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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