Vorkuta (Russian: Воркута́; Komi: Вӧркута, romanized: Vörkuta; Nenets for "the abundance of bears", "bear corner") is a coal-mining town in the Komi Republic...
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The Vorkuta Uprising was a major uprising of forced labor camp inmates at the Rechlag Gulag special labor camp in Vorkuta, Russian SFSR, USSR from 19...
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Vorkutlag (redirect from Vorkuta gulag)
The Vorkuta Corrective Labor Camp (Russian: Воркутинский исправительно-трудовой лагерь, romanized: Vorkutinsky ispravitel'no-trudovoy lager'), commonly...
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Vorkuta Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Воркута) (IATA: VKT, ICAO: UUYW) is a small airport in the Komi Republic, Russia located 3 km west of Vorkuta. It accommodates...
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The Vorkuta (Russian: Воркута) is a river in Komi Republic, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Usa. It is 182 kilometres (113 mi) long, and has a...
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Vorkuta is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia. Vorkuta may also refer to: Vorkuta Urban Okrug, a municipal formation which the town of republic significance...
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Vorkuta Sovetskiy (also known as Vorkuta East) is a military airfield in the Komi Republic, Russia, located 11 km east of Vorkuta. It was one of nine...
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workers, at the Severnaya coal mine 10 kilometres north of the city of Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia. The explosions were believed to be caused by ignition...
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1944 Cowra breakout 1946 Battle of Alcatraz 1953 Norilsk uprising 1953 Vorkuta uprising 1954 Kengir uprising 1959 Montana State Prison riot 1963 Pulau...
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Retrieved 11 June 2019. Today's major industrial cities of Noril'sk, Vorkuta, Kolyma and Magadan, were camps originally built by prisoners and run by...
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title application; IM title application Sokolov, Andrei 627089 1963-03-20 Vorkuta 1984 Soviet Union M currently France Sokolov, Ivan 14400030 1968-06-13...
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90% Alexandrov Александров Vladimir Oblast Central 57,053 61,551 −7.31% Vorkuta Воркута Komi Republic Northwest 56,985 70,548 −19.23% Sibay Сибай Republic...
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(population 295,374) and Norilsk (178,018) in Russia; Tromsø (75,638) in Norway, Vorkuta (58,133) in Russia, Bodø (52,357), and Harstad (24,703) in Norway; and...
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untouched tundra and taiga. The first mine, "Rudnik No. 1", became the city of Vorkuta, and other towns of the region have similar origins: "Prisoners planned...
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Russia 8b Trondheim, Norway 7b Valencia, Spain 10a Vienna, Austria 7b/8a Vorkuta, Russia 2a/2b Warsaw, Poland 6b Zürich, Switzerland 7b/8a Antwerp, Belgium...
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Shaykovka Sol'tsy-2 Tatishchevo Tiksi Tilichiki Tushino Airfield Uka Ukrainka Vorkuta Sovetsky Vozdvizhenka Yaroslavl Levtsovo Yevpatoria Yugorsk Sovetsky Defunct...
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Russia 49,647 67°34′N 33°24′E / 67.567°N 33.400°E / 67.567; 33.400 Vorkuta, Russia 56,985 67°30′N 64°02′E / 67.500°N 64.033°E / 67.500; 64.033...
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ULWU VUS Velikiy Ustyug Airport Vologda ULWW VGD Vologda Airport Vorkuta UUYW VKT Vorkuta Airport Belgorod UUOB EGO Belgorod International Airport Bryansk...
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far northeast of the basin on the Usa River is the large coal center of Vorkuta. The river was once an important transportation route, especially for those...
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Siberia. The railway was to have linked the Arctic coal-mining city of Vorkuta in European Russia to the Yenisei River via Salekhard and the Ob River...
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Soros's "Renewal of Humanitarian Education" program were withdrawn at the Vorkuta Mining and Economic College in the Komi Republic, with 427 additional books...
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The 2018 season was FC Vorkuta's second season in the Canadian Soccer League. The club ended their CSL campaign with a club record by securing their first...
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The Vorkuta State Drama Theatre (Russian: Воркутинский государственный драматический театр) is located in the Russian city Vorkuta. It was opened in 1943...
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John H. Noble (category Participants in the Vorkuta uprising)
for the staff, he took part in the Vorkuta uprising of July 1953 as a prominent leader. According to Noble the Vorkuta camp and many other camps which were...
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FC Continentals (redirect from FC Vorkuta B)
non-FIFA sanctioned league. The club originally played under the name FC Vorkuta and was renamed FC Continentals in 2022. Their home venue is Centennial...
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лагерь № 6, Особлаг № 6) was a Gulag special labor camp headquartered in Vorkuta, Komi ASSR. It was established on August 27, 1948, from camp departments...
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Bor 207. Shadrinsk 208. Troitsk 209. Mineralnye Vody 210. Dubna 211. Vorkuta 212. Novoaltaysk 213. Yegoryevsk 214. Asbest 215. Beloretsk 216. Belogorsk...
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particularly archbishop Pitirim [ru] of the Diocese of Dykytvkar and Vorkuta [ru]. On 21 December 2010 the Cheryomushki District Court of Moscow said...
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