Norilsk camps

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The Norilsk camps were a notorious complex of Soviet forced-labor camps in Siberia where political prisoners and other inmates endured brutal conditions while constructing and operating the Norilsk mining and metallurgical industries.


Statements (29)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Gulag labor camp system
category Forced labor in the Soviet Union
Human rights abuses in the Soviet Union
Political repression in the Soviet Union
country Soviet Union
establishedFor development of Norilsk nickel deposits
industryServed Norilsk metallurgical industry
Norilsk mining industry
inmates criminal prisoners
political prisoners
knownFor brutal working conditions
harsh climatic conditions
high mortality
languageOfAdministration Russian
locatedIn Krasnoyarsk Krai
Norilsk
Siberia
notableEvent Norilsk uprising
notableEventDate 1953
operatedBy MVD
NKVD
partOf Gulag
Soviet forced-labor camp network
timePeriod Stalin era
usedFor forced labor
political repression
workType construction
metallurgical production
mining

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Gulag system
notableCamp

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