Vorkuta uprising

Vorkuta uprising

Vorkuta Gulag in 1940s
Date19 July 1953 – 1 August 1953
Location
Vorkutlag, Vorkuta, Soviet Union
67°30′51″N 64°05′02″E / 67.51417°N 64.08389°E / 67.51417; 64.08389
Result Uprising suppressed
Belligerents
 Vorkuta inmates
Casualties and losses
None 57 killed
Location within European Russia

The Vorkuta uprising was a major uprising of forced labor camp inmates at the Rechlag Gulag special labor camp in Vorkuta, Russian SFSR, USSR from 19 July (or 22 July) to 1 August 1953, shortly after the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria on 26 June 1953. The uprising was violently suppressed by the camp administration after two weeks of bloodless standoff.

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