The Ukhta–Pechora correctional labor camp (), better known as Ukhtpechlag () or UPITLag (), was a

Gulag The Gulag was a system of Labor camp, forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The word ''Gulag'' originally referred only to the division of the Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies, Soviet secret police that was in charge of runnin ...

labor camp A labor camp (or labour camp, see British and American spelling differences, spelling differences) or work camp is a detention facility where inmates are unfree labour, forced to engage in penal labor as a form of punishment. Labor camps have ...

Komi ASSR The Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (; ), abbreviated as Komi ASSR (Komi and ), was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union, established in 1936 as successor of Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast. In 1991, it b ...

. It existed during June 6, 1931 – May 10, 1938. Its headquarters were in Chibyu, now

Ukhta Ukhta (; , ''Ukva'') is an important industrial town in the Komi Republic of Russia. Population: It was previously known as ''Chibyu'' (until 1939). History Oil springs along the Ukhta River were already known in the 17th century. In the mid- ...

. Its main work was oil and coal mining in Ukhta-Pechora Basin, as well as construction works and logging.УХТИНСКО-ПЕЧОРСКИЙ ИТЛ (УПИТЛаг, Ухтпечлаг)
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Vorkutlag The Vorkuta Corrective Labor Camp (), commonly known as Vorkutlag (Воркутлаг), was a major Gulag labor camp in the Soviet Union located in Vorkuta, Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. ...

, ,

Sevzheldorlag Sevzheldorlag (also Sevzheldorstroy, Northern Railway ITL) () was a penal labor camp of the GULAG The Gulag was a system of Labor camp, forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The word ''Gulag'' originally referred only to the division o ...

Ustvymlag Ustvymlag () was a Gulag labor camp in the Soviet Union, Komi ASSR, with the headquarters in the village of Ust-Vym, later moved to Vozhayol. The full name is Ust-Vym Corrective Labor Camp (). It was created from a detachment of Ukhtpechlag (Ух� ...

(Устьвымлаг) because of the sharp increase of convicts during the

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Notable inmates

Graal Arelsky Stepan Stephanovich Petrov ( rus, Сте́фан Сте́фанович Петро́в, p=ˈsʲtʲɛfən ˈsʲtʲɛfənəvʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈtrof, a=Styephan Styephanovich Pyetrov.ru.vorb.oga), better known by his pseudonym Graal-Arelsky ( rus, Гр� ...

(1889–1937), Russian poet of Ego-Futurism, sentenced by

Article 58 Article 58 of the Russian SFSR Penal Code was put in force on 25 February 1927 to prosecute those suspected of counter-revolutionary activities. It was revised several times. In particular, its Article 58-1 was updated by the listed sub-articles ...

-10 for anti-Soviet propaganda and agitation * (1894–1941), economist, professor * George Andreytchine (1894–1950) Bulgarian, American, and Soviet political activist *

(1889–1937), poet-futurist *

Konstantin Avksentevsky Konstantin Alekseyevich Avksentevsky (; October 12, 1890 – November 2, 1941) was a Soviet Union, Soviet army commander. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and for the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. He was a recip ...

(1890–1941), Soviet army commander * (1896–1941) Komi writer and social activist, one of the founders of Komi (Zyryan) Autonomous Oblast. He suggested the creation of a concentration camp in Ukhta, an himself landed in it as a "creator of the counter-revolutionary nationalist organization". Executed on November 22, 1941. * (1895–1944) Soviet graphic artist, convicted of "counter-revolutionary Trotskyite activities". palacet in Ukhtpechlag, later transferred to Ulsollag, where he died of tuberculosis. * (1890–1943), Soviet anthropologist, archaeologist, ethnographer, paleoethnologist, and geologist. Convicted for 3 years as part of the "Russian National Party case" (), but released ahead of time. * (1891–1938), Russian pilot, priest, aviation constructor. Convicted in 1935 for 5 years of camps and worked as an artist in Ukhtpechlag. In 1937 he was arrested again and sentenced to death for "counter-revolutionary agitation" (for religious propaganda) * Olimpia Dobrovolska * Johann Gockel-Ehrlich * (1893–1981); arrested in 1929 in relation to the

Academic Trial The Academic Trial was a criminal trial fabricated by the Joint State Political Directorate against a group of scientists of the Academy of Sciences and local historians in 1929–1931 in Leningrad, where the Academy of Sciences was located until ...

; worked in the camp as an economist-statistician, released in 1934 * (1892–1953) Soviet reologist and geophysicist * (1891–1938), Soviet Bolshevik party functionary; convicted several times for opposition activities and eventually executed *

Kullervo Manner Kullervo Achilles Manner (; ; 12 October 1880 – 15 January 1939) was a Finnish and Soviet politician. He was one of the leaders of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. Manner was a member of the Finnish parliament, serving as its speake ...

(1880–1939) Finnish and Soviet Communist, politician, and journalist *

Mikhail Nazvanov Mikhail Mikhailovich Nazvanov (; 12 April 1918 – 13 July 1964) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was awarded Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1949. Biography Mikhail Nazvanov was born in Moscow in the wealthy family of a large t ...

(1918–1964), Soviet stage and film actor *

Anton Prykhodko Anton (Antin) Terentiiovych Prykhodko (Ukrainian: Антін Терентійович Приходько; 1891 – January 29, 1938, ArkhangelskInvestigative case for the charge of Prikhodko Anton Teryentevich. State Archive of Kharkiv Oblast, ...

* Sergei Sedov (1908–1937), Soviet engineer and scientist, the son of Leon Trotsky *

Ostap Vyshnya Pavlo Mykhailovych Gubenko (; – 28 September 1956), better known by the literary pseudonym of Ostap Vyshnia, was a Ukrainian writer, humourist, satirist, and medical official (feldsher). Nicknamed by critics as the Ukrainian Mark Twain and ...

, accused of belonging to the "Ukrainian Military Organization" (Української військової організації (УВО)) and sentenced to execution by firearms, replaced by 10 years of labor camps. He arrived to Uktpechlag on Aril 18, 1934, where he was engaged in literary work. In 1935 he was transferred from Chibyu to the remote Yedzhid-Kyrt mines (Еджид-Кырта), then in

Intalag The Inta Corrective Labor Camp or Intalag (, also abbreviated Intinlag, Intlag, and Intastroy) was a forced labor camp of the Gulag, which existed between 1941 and 1948 near the town of Inta in the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Prison ...

(Интинский ИТЛ), now ,

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). Later he was transferred back to Chibyu. In April 1943 he was transferred to the internal prison of

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (, ), abbreviated as NKVD (; ), was the interior ministry and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946. The agency was formed to succeed the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) se ...

, Moscow, from which he was released.Introduction to the book ''Остап Вишня. Невеселе життя'' *Valerian (Rudich) *Varlaam (Pikalov) *Vasilieva, Raisa Rodionovna *Vassian (Pyatnitsky) *Volpin, Mikhail Davidovich *Gavarin, Nikolai Ivanovich *Girnyak, Iosif Iosifovich *Glushkov, Mikhail Alexandrovich *Gorodin, Leonid Moiseevich *Zarkhin, Aleksandr Moiseevich *Zvyagin, Pavel Zakharovich *Ioann (Pashin) *Ioannikiy (Speransky) *Krasheninnikov, Mikhail Dmitrievich *Krestnikov, Sergey Alexandrovich *Kuzhma, Aleksandr Polikarpovich *Lyubarsky, Nikolai Markovich *Lyamin, Nikolai Nikolaevich *Marinchenko, Nikolai Danilovich *Mastepanov, Sergey Danilovich *Naritsa, Mikhail Alexandrovich *Nestor (Sidoruk) *Nefyodov, Ivan Nikandrovich *Nikon (Petin) *Oshchepkov, Pavel Kondratyevich *Pisarev, Viktor Evgrafovich *Piatru̅lis, Vitautas *Rozanov, Mikhail Mikhailovich *Sokolov, Vladimir Ivanovich (Holy Martyr) *Sydykov, Abdykerim Sydykovich *Tikhonovich, Nikolai Nikolaevich *Fomin, Sergey Vladimirovich (poet) *Frederiks, Georgii Nikolaevich *Shukalov, Sergey Petrovich *Yusuf-zade, Aga-Baba Asker ogly *Yakovin, Grigorii Yakovlevich * Hirniak, Iosyp Iosypovych * Bobynskyi, Vasyl Petrovych * Gzhytskyi, Volodymyr Zenonovych * Baglyuk, Grigorii Mykytovich — Ukrainian and Russian writer, journalist, and editor. * Batiiev, Dmytro Oleksandrovych — initiator of the creation of the Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Region. * Bonch-Osmolovsky, Gleb Anatolievich — anthropologist and archaeologist. * Lebid, Maksym Maksymovich - Ukrainian writer. * Hraal-Arels'kyi — ego-futurist poet * Liubarskyi, Mykola Markovych — RSFSR ambassador to Mongolia. * Nazvanov, Mikhail Mikhailovich — artist. * Razuvaiev, Hryhorii Oleksiiovych — chemist-scientist. * Frederiks, Heorhii Mykolaiovych — geologist and paleontologist. * — archbishop. * Shukalov, Serhii Petrovych — tank designer.

References

{{reflist Camps of the Gulag History of the Komi Republic