Vorkuta (Russian: Воркута́) is a coal mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic circle in the Pechora coal basin, at 67°30′N 64°00′E. It had its origin in one of the more notorious concentration camps of the Gulag which was established in 1932. Media:Example. ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine This article is about mineral extraction. ... The Komi Republic (Russian: ; Komi: Коми Республика) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ... World map showing the five major circles of latitude A sign along the Dalton Highway marking the location of the Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. ... A concentration camp is a large detention center created for political opponents, enemy aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... Gulag (Russian: ГУЛАГ (help· info)) is an acronym for Главное Управление Исправительно—Трудовых Лагерей и колоний, Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh Lagerey i kolonii, The Chief Directorate [or Administration] of Corrective Labour Camps and Colonies of the NKVD. Anne Applebaum, in her book Gulag: A History, explains: Literally, the word GULAG is an acronym, meaning Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei, or... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...

Vorkuta entrance circa early 1950s. The sign reads: "Labor in the USSR is a matter of honor, glory, pride and heroism". Compare with Arbeit macht frei.

In 1941 the town and the labor camp system based around it were connected to the rest of the world by a prisoner-built railroad linking Konosha and Kotlas, and the camps of Inta. Vorkuta became a city on November 26, 1943. It was the largest centre of Gulag camps in European part of the USSR and served as administrative centre for a large number of smaller camps and sub-camps, among them Kotlas, Pechora, and Izhma (modern Sosnogorsk). In 1953 the town witnessed a major uprising by the concentration camp inmates, so-called Vorkuta Uprising. After it was bloodily quelled by the Red Army and the NKVD, many of the concentration camps were disbanded in the 1950s. However, it is reported that some in the Vorkuta area continued to operate into the 1980s. Vorkuta entrance circa early 1950s. ... Vorkuta entrance circa early 1950s. ... Arbeit Macht Frei gate at KZ Sachsenhausen Arbeit macht frei is a German phrase meaning work brings freedom or work shall make you free. It is probably derived from John 8:32 in The Bible, the truth shall make you free and from there, via the Protestant work ethic, developed... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Kotlas is a Russian city (61° 15 N, 46° 35 E) in the Archangelsk oblast that lies at the confluence of Northern Dvina and Vychegda. ... Inta (Russian: ) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Gulag (Russian: ГУЛАГ (help· info)) is an acronym for Главное Управление Исправительно—Трудовых Лагерей и колоний, Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh Lagerey i kolonii, The Chief Directorate [or Administration] of Corrective Labour Camps and Colonies of the NKVD. Anne Applebaum, in her book Gulag: A History, explains: Literally, the word GULAG is an acronym, meaning Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei, or... Pechora (Печора) is a major river in European Russia (Komi Republic and Nenetsia). ... Sosnogorsk (Russian: ) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (in Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya), the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... The NKVD (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del (help· info))(Russian: НКВД, Народный комиссариат внутренних дел) or Peoples Commisariat for Internal Affairs was a government department which handled a number of the Soviet Unions affairs of state. ... // Events and No. ...

By the early part of the 21st century many of the mines have been closed as problems with high costs of operations have plagued the mine operators. At one time during the late 1980s and 1990s there were labor actions in the area by miners who had not been paid for a year. [1]. The 21st century is the century that began on 1 January 2001 and will last to 31 December 2100. ...

During the Cold War an Arctic Control Group forward staging base for strategic bombers was located at Vorkuta [2] The Cold War was the protracted geostrategic, economic, and ideological struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States, supported by their respective and emerging alliance partners. ...

External links

• Satellite images of the Vorkuta region
• Don't Forget Vorkuta: A Soviet Holocaust
• Contemporary photographs - Vorkuta city
  • Contemporary photographs of the city on the webpage of the local mine rescue association
  • Photos from Vorkuta, 1996
  • Links to photos of Vorkuta and Usinsk, 1998
  • Rusko 2005 – Galerie: Vorkuta
• Historical photographs
  • Fotod
  • Gulag report - Vorkuta
  • Gulag settlement outside Vorkuta
• Other photographs
  • Wooden crosses of the German prisoners of the Gulag
  • Vorkuta coal mines
  • Places and mines - Vorkuta

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