Gorlag

Gorlag or Gorny Camp Directorate, Special Camp No. 2 (Горлаг — Горный лагерь, Особый лагерь № 2, Особлаг № 2) ) was an MVD special camp for political prisoners within the Gulag system of the Soviet Union. It was established on February 28, 1948 on the part of the premises of Norillag, Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, RSFSR. In 1954, after Stalin's death it was merged back into Norillag (Norilsk ITL).[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Приказ МВД СССР № 00219 «Об организации особых лагерей МВД»
  2. ↑ ГОРНЫЙ ЛАГЕРЬ , Reference book Система исправительно-трудовых лагерей в СССР ("The System of Corrective Labor Camps in the USSR")
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