
Expeditions around Stalin’s prison camps: from Yakutsk to Magadan
Author(s) -
Николай Крадин
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
proekt bajkal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2309-3072
pISSN - 2307-4485
DOI - 10.51461/projectbaikal.69.1858
Subject(s) - prison , law , history , political science , sociology
The article presents the materials of seven expeditions made by the author and his fellow architects from 2012 to 2021 around Stalin’s prison camps located in the territory from Yakutsk to Magadan. Researchers performed photographic record of the remains of camp buildings of various types and wooden bridges with unique design, described mines where prisoners mined tungsten and other minerals essential to the defense of the country. The article presents measurements of bridges, camp buildings, civil objects and author's photographs of the given objects.