Baikal Amur Corrective Labor Camp (Bamlag) (russian: Байка́ло-Аму́рский исправи́тельно-трудово́й ла́герь, Бамла́г) was a subdivision of

GULAG The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the State Political Directorate, GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= ...

which existed during 1932-1948. Its administration, headed by

Naftaly Frenkel Naftaly Aronovich Frenkel (russian: Нафталий Аронович Френкель; 1883 in Haifa – 1960 in Moscow) was a Soviet security officer and member of the Soviet secret police. Frenkel is best known for his role in the organisation ...

(1933-1938), was headquartered in the settlement of

Svobodny, Amur Oblast Svobodny (russian: Свобо́дный) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Zeya River, north of Blagoveshchensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 63,8 ...

. Its main activity was construction of the

Baikal Amur Mainline Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Rep ...

and secondary railroad branches. Its peak headcount was about 201,000 (1938). In 1938 it was dismantled into several camps.Байкало-Амурский исправительно-трудовой лагерь

Notable convicts

Pavel Florensky Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky (also P. A. Florenskiĭ, Florenskii, Florenskij; russian: Па́вел Алекса́ндрович Флоре́нский; hy, Պավել Ֆլորենսկի, Pavel Florenski; – December 8, 1937) was a Russian O ...

, Russian Orthodox theologian and philosopher *

Konstantin Rokossovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich (Xaverevich) Rokossovsky (Russian language, Russian: Константин Константинович Рокоссовский; pl, Konstanty Rokossowski; 21 December 1896 – 3 August 1968) was a Soviet Union, Sov ...

, Soviet marshal, and "Polish" Defense Minister

References

{{Authority control Camps of the Gulag History of Amur Oblast History of the Russian Far East 1932 in the Soviet Union

Notable convicts

See also

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