Architecture of Stalin’s Prison Camps in Yakutia

Authors

  • Nikolai Kradin RAASN; Pacific Ocean State University

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.42.804

Published

2014-09-22

Issue

No. 42 (2014): identity

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Architecture of Stalin’s Prison Camps in Yakutia. (2014). Project Baikal, 11(42), 154-163. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.42.804

Keywords:

Yakutia, Ust-Nera, camp barracks, bridges and roads, Hare’s Loop, Black Prizhim, Yellow Prizhim

Abstract

Based on archive and field studies, the article considers architecture of prison camp facilities built on the territory of Yakutia during Stalin’s terror. With the help of field studies, measurements and photofixation we have revealed compositional, planning and design features of bridges and prison camp facilities and analyzed their location.