9. Vorkutlag (1938-1960) | Russia's Necropolis of Terror and the Gulag

9. Vorkutlag (1938-1960)

Mining of coal and molybdenum; max. prisoners 63,000 (1950); HQ VORKUTA, Komi; still functioning January 1960. Тhe Memorial online database (2025) lists Тhe database lists 19,343 individuals who were held in Ukhtpechlag, of whom 6,185 died in captivity. Тhat list includes 10,094 sent to Vorkutlag, where 1,146 of them died.(And see The Gulag in Northwest Russia).

The Memorial database names 304 Vorkutlag prisoners, 27 of whom died in captivity.

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9. Vorkutlag (1938-1960)