World's coldest, darkest, most depressing city with sad history is…, it's located in…, tourists not allowed as…
The place is Norilsk, a city in Russian located Deep in the Arctic Circle. Norilsk is said to be so harsh and hostile that ...
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The Soviets sent most of its intellectuals to remote gulags. Decades later, those areas became more prosperous
They were designated “Enemies of the People”, rounded up, and either killed or sent to various locations across the GULAG, a system of labor camps spread across the Soviet Union. These camps ...
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The Remains Of Stalin's Dead Road
In Russia’s arctic wilderness, the remnants of one of the Soviet Union’s most tragic gulag projects now lies largely forgotten. A rotting railway bridge in the Siberian outback A punishment ...
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Polish Authors Reporting from the Gulag: 8 Key Books
Poles were among the first victims of the murderous system of the gulag. They were also among the first to report about it. Yet their testimonies hardly made the circles they deserved to. Here’s a ...