Around 1940, a prison camp of the gulag system was located in the town.

From 1947 until 1953, the town hosted a prison camp of the gulag system.

They talk of socialized healthcare as if it is some Soviet gulag system.

Those who protested were sent to an extensive gulag system, which may have resulted in the deaths of one million people.

The railway was a project of the Soviet Gulag system that took place from 1947 to 1953.

He has routinely sent individuals to prison camps modeled on the old Soviet gulag system.

The Gulag system died during the 1950s after the death of Stalin, and many people were released starting in 1954.

From 1935, a camp in the regional section of the gulag system operated by Dalstroy was located here.

From 1950 until 1954, the town was the site of the prison camp Ulminlag of the gulag system.

The camp became one of the largest in the gulag system, with ca. 190,300 convicts in October 1935.