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Abez Camp
The Abez camp (), Abezlag (Абезьлаг); full name: Abez camp detachment () was a subdivision in the Gulag labor camp system (Abez camp for disabled, ). It was established in the settlement of Abez, Komi Republic, Russia. It was a special camp for disabled inmates coming from various camps of Gulag. Initially it was established as the Abez transit camp and had several camp points. Eventually it was subordinated to Minlag. The memorial cemetery and museum of Abez camp was established in Abez by the initiative of the Memorial (society), Memorial society in 1989. People Management Notable inmates *Nikolay Punin, art scholar and writer, common-law husband of poet Anna Akhmatova *Lina Prokofiev *Lev Karsavin, religious philosopher, historian-medievalist, and poet * *, Lithuanian Brigadier General, later Soviet Major General, died in the camp on December 18, 1950 His sons, Paulius and Jonas, installed a monument "To those Who Did Not Return" at the Abez memorial cemetery *Zvi P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |