White Sea–Baltic Canal
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The White Sea–Baltic Canal is a Soviet-era ship canal in northwestern Russia, notorious for its construction by forced labor under harsh conditions and for linking the White Sea to the Baltic Sea.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Sea–Baltic Canal canonical | 7 |
| Belomorkanal | 1 |
| Belomor–Baltic Waterway | 1 |
| White Sea–Baltic Canal system | 1 |
| White Sea–Baltic Sea Canal | 1 |
| White Sea–Baltic Waterway | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
ship canal ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
White Sea–Baltic Canal
ⓘ
surface form:
Belomorkanal
White Sea–Baltic Canal ⓘ
surface form:
White Sea–Baltic Sea Canal
|
| builtBy |
Gulag prisoners
ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ |
| connects |
Baltic Sea
ⓘ
Lake Onega ⓘ White Sea ⓘ |
| constructedUnder | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| governingBody | Russian Federation authorities ⓘ |
| hasEngineeringFeature |
series of locks
ⓘ
shallow depth ⓘ |
| hasLockCount | 19 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Stalinist era ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
naval movements
ⓘ
transport of timber ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1933 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| length | approximately 227 kilometers ⓘ |
| linkedSea |
Arctic Ocean via White Sea
ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean via Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northwest Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern Russia
|
| managedBy | NKVD during construction ⓘ |
| maximumVesselDisplacement | about 2000 tons ⓘ |
| maximumVesselDraft | about 3.5 meters ⓘ |
| notableFor |
harsh construction conditions
ⓘ
high mortality among workers ⓘ use of forced labor ⓘ |
| notablePublicationAbout | The White Sea Canal (Belomor Canal) propaganda volume ⓘ |
| opened | 1933 ⓘ |
| partOf |
White Sea–Baltic Canal
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
White Sea–Baltic Waterway
|
| passesNear |
Belomorsk
ⓘ
Medvezhyegorsk ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Russian Republic of Karelia
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Karelia
|
| primaryPurpose | military transport ⓘ |
| region | Karelia ⓘ |
| secondaryPurpose | commercial shipping ⓘ |
| startPoint | White Sea ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Gulag system
ⓘ
Stalinist industrialization ⓘ |
| waterwayType | ship canal ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
White Sea–Baltic Canal system
this entity surface form:
Belomor–Baltic Waterway
this entity surface form:
White Sea–Baltic Waterway
this entity surface form:
Belomorkanal
this entity surface form:
White Sea–Baltic Sea Canal