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Stalin's Camps: Vladivostok and the Russian Far East in the 1930s

Stalin's Camps: Vladivostok and the Russian Far East in the 1930s E. N. CHERNOLUTSKAYA (Vladivostok, Russia) STALIN'S CAMPS: VLADIVOSTOK AND THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST IN THE 1930s In the 1930s the Russian Far East had three large penal complexes: Dal'lag, Sevostlag and Bamlag. They arose as a consequence of the policy of mass state terror which developed from the late 1920s and early 1930s, and which resulted in a large increase in the numbers of prisoners. At this . time leading state officials came up with the idea of creating a wide net- work of correctional labor camps, and special (labor) settlements in those regions of the USSR with labor shortages, with a view to accelerating the development of natural resources in these regions. These regions included the Far East, where it was proposed to use a forced labor army to colonize and industrialize certain regions, such ?s Kolyma the PAM zones. Toe kee bboi force a.<,<sis*bh_#1 region tec smdl to carry !.k- . these regions a1 the fHt.;;S hy Soviet leadeu in die . 1930s. A joint TsIK/SNK decree of November 6, 1929 ordered that those re- ceiving sentences of over three years be sent to correctional labor camps (ITLs), and this was followed up on April 7, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Soviet and Post Soviet Review Brill

Stalin's Camps: Vladivostok and the Russian Far East in the 1930s

The Soviet and Post Soviet Review , Volume 27 (1-3): 279 – Jan 1, 2000

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© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1075-1262
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1876-3324
DOI
10.1163/187633200X00226
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Abstract

E. N. CHERNOLUTSKAYA (Vladivostok, Russia) STALIN'S CAMPS: VLADIVOSTOK AND THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST IN THE 1930s In the 1930s the Russian Far East had three large penal complexes: Dal'lag, Sevostlag and Bamlag. They arose as a consequence of the policy of mass state terror which developed from the late 1920s and early 1930s, and which resulted in a large increase in the numbers of prisoners. At this . time leading state officials came up with the idea of creating a wide net- work of correctional labor camps, and special (labor) settlements in those regions of the USSR with labor shortages, with a view to accelerating the development of natural resources in these regions. These regions included the Far East, where it was proposed to use a forced labor army to colonize and industrialize certain regions, such ?s Kolyma the PAM zones. Toe kee bboi force a.<,<sis*bh_#1 region tec smdl to carry !.k- . these regions a1 the fHt.;;S hy Soviet leadeu in die . 1930s. A joint TsIK/SNK decree of November 6, 1929 ordered that those re- ceiving sentences of over three years be sent to correctional labor camps (ITLs), and this was followed up on April 7,

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Published: Jan 1, 2000

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