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- Vorkuta_uprising abstract "The Vorkuta Uprising was a major uprising of the concentration camp inmates at the Vorkuta Gulag in Vorkuta, Russia in July–August 1953, shortly after the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria. The uprising was violently stopped by the camp administration after two weeks of bloodless standoff. Vorkuta Rechlag (River Camp) or Special Camp No. 6 consisted of 17 separate \"departments\" engaged in construction of coal mines, coal mining and forestry. In 1946 it housed 62,700 inmates, 56,000 in July 1953. A substantial portion of the camp guards were former convicts. According to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the uprising was provoked by two unconnected events of June 1953: the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria in Moscow and the arrival of Western Ukrainian prisoners who, unlike long-term Russian inmates, were still missing their freedom.The uprising—initially in the form of a passive walkout—began on or before July 19, 1953, at a single \"department\" and quickly spread to five others. Initial demands—to give inmates access to a state attorney and due justice—quickly changed to political demands. According to inmate Leonid Markizov, Voice of America and the BBC broadcast regular news about the events in Rechlag, with correct names, ranks and numbers. Even without foreign assistance, strikes at nearby sites were clearly visible as the wheels of the mine headframes stopped rotating. The total number of inmates on strike reached 18,000. The inmates remained static within the barbed wire perimeters.For a week following the initial strike the camp administration apparently did nothing; they increased perimeter guards but took no forceful action against inmates. The mines were visited by State Attorney of the USSR, Roman Rudenko, Internal Troops Commander, Ivan Maslennikov, and other top brass from Moscow. The generals spoke to the inmates who sat idle in camp courtyards, so far peacefully. However, on July 26 the mob stormed the maximum security punitive compound, releasing 77 of its inmates. The commissars from Moscow remained in Vorkuta, planning their response.On July 31 camp chief Derevyanko started mass arrests of \"saboteurs\"; inmates responded with barricades. The next day, August 1, after further bloodless clashes between inmates and guards, Derevyanko ordered direct fire at the mob. According to Leonid Markizov, 42 were killed on the spot, 135 wounded (many of them, deprived of medical help, died later). According to Solzhenitsyn, there were 66 killed. Among those shot was the Latvian Catholic priest Jānis Mendriks.After submission of the mob, many \"saboteurs\" were arrested and placed in maximum security cells, but without further punitive executions. Conditions were marginally improved (especially for \"political\" inmates).".
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- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn.
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- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink Coal_mining.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink Headframe.
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- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink Internment.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink Ivan_Maslennikov.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink John_H._Noble.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink Jānis_Mendriks.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink Lavrentiy_Beria.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Gulag_camps.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink List_of_uprisings_in_the_Gulag.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink Moscow.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink Novocherkassk_massacre.
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- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink States_attorney.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink The_Gulag_Archipelago.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink Ukrainians.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink Voice_of_America.
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLink Vorkuta.
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- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLinkText "Vorkuta labor camp uprising".
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLinkText "Vorkuta uprising".
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLinkText "major uprising by the camp inmates".
- Vorkuta_uprising wikiPageWikiLinkText "prisoner uprising".
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- Vorkuta_uprising subject Category:1953_in_the_Soviet_Union.
- Vorkuta_uprising subject Category:Conflicts_in_1953.
- Vorkuta_uprising subject Category:Gulag_uprisings.
- Vorkuta_uprising hypernym Uprising.
- Vorkuta_uprising type MilitaryConflict.
- Vorkuta_uprising type Rebellion.
- Vorkuta_uprising type Rebellion.
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- Vorkuta_uprising type Uprising.
- Vorkuta_uprising comment "The Vorkuta Uprising was a major uprising of the concentration camp inmates at the Vorkuta Gulag in Vorkuta, Russia in July–August 1953, shortly after the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria. The uprising was violently stopped by the camp administration after two weeks of bloodless standoff. Vorkuta Rechlag (River Camp) or Special Camp No. 6 consisted of 17 separate \"departments\" engaged in construction of coal mines, coal mining and forestry. In 1946 it housed 62,700 inmates, 56,000 in July 1953.".
- Vorkuta_uprising label "Vorkuta uprising".
- Vorkuta_uprising sameAs Q686273.
- Vorkuta_uprising sameAs Aufstand_von_Workuta.
- Vorkuta_uprising sameAs Soulèvement_de_Vorkouta.
- Vorkuta_uprising sameAs 보르쿠타_폭동.
- Vorkuta_uprising sameAs Vorkoetaopstand.
- Vorkuta_uprising sameAs Revolta_de_Vorkuta.
- Vorkuta_uprising sameAs m.0gyyxg.
- Vorkuta_uprising sameAs Greva_de_la_Vorkuta.
- Vorkuta_uprising sameAs Воркутинское_восстание.
- Vorkuta_uprising sameAs Q686273.
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