Abez camp explained

Official Name:	Abez camp
Native Name:	Абезьский лагерь
Settlement Type:	Gulag labor camp
Pushpin Map:	Russia Komi Republic#Russia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Russia
Subdivision Name1:	Komi Republic
Subdivision Type4:	Municipality
Utc Offset1:	+3:00^[1]
Coordinates:	66.5167°N 106°W^[2]

The Abez camp (Russian: Абезьский лагерь), Abezlag (Абезьлаг); full name: Abez camp detachment (Russian: Абезьское лагерное отделение) was a subdivision in the Gulag labor camp system (Abez camp for disabled, Russian: Абезьского инвалидного лагеря). It was established in the settlement of Abez, Komi Republic, Russia. It was a special camp for disabled inmates coming from various camps of Gulag.

Initially it was established as the Abez transit camp and had several camp points. Eventually it was subordinated to Minlag.

The memorial cemetery and museum of Abez camp was established in Abez by the initiative of the Memorial society in 1989.^[3]

People

Notable inmates

• Nikolay Punin, art scholar and writer, common-law husband of poet Anna Akhmatova^[4]
• Lina Prokofiev^[5]
• Lev Karsavin, religious philosopher, historian-medievalist, and poet^[6]
• ^[7]
• , Lithuanian Brigadier General, later Soviet Major General, died in the camp on December 18, 1950 ^{[8] [9]} His sons, Paulius and Jonas, installed a monument "To those Who Did Not Return" at the Abez memorial cemetery^[10]
• Zvi Preigerzon, Ukrainian Jewish author and researcher; released in December 1955 but voluntarily stayed in Vorkuta until 1957 to finish his research
• Hryhoriy Lakota, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church auxiliary bishop
• , Ukrainian scientist metallurgist, public and political figure, minister of the Central Rada and Directory
• Vassily Sinaisky, Russian conductor and pianist. He was born in the camp, where his parents were imprisoned.^[11]
• , Polish capitular vicar, protonotary apostolic, the last administrator of the Archdiocese of Lviv of the Armenian rite
• Der Nister, Yiddish author, philosopher, translator, and critic^{[12] [13]}
• (1883-1953), Jewish (Yiddish) playwright, theater scholar and teacher
• (1879-1952), "White Russian" general
• (1895-1947), journalist, Ukrainian public figure in "Green Ukraine", Russian Far East
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (Pietro Leoni)
    • Sophia Radek, daughter of Karl Radek^[14]

Other

• Russian writer Arkady Gaidar worked for 11 months as an economist in the camp, being unable to secure other work elsewhere.^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Статья 6. Распространение информации о точном значении времени и календарной дате / КонсультантПлюс | Федеральный закон от 03.06.2011 N 107-ФЗ (ред. от 22.11.2016) "Об исчислении времени", статья 5 . consultant.ru. 2018-08-23.
2. https://mapdata.ru/komi/inta/poselok-abez/ Карта поселка Абезь в республике Коми
3. https://komiinform.ru/news/207474/ Мемориальное кладбище политзаключенных в п. Абезь
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20211130195708/http://www.gulagmuseum.org/showObject.do?object=508202&language=1 Экспонаты /Портрет Н.Н. Пунина. Фотография
5. https://vgulage.name/authors/prokofeva-lina-ivanovna-urozhd-karolina-kodina-scenicheskoe-imja-lina-ljubera/ Прокофьева Лина Ивановна (урожд. Каролина Кодина; сценическое имя – Лина Любера)
6. https://ru.openlist.wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(1882)
7. https://studylib.ru/doc/2407087/inta--letopis._-gulaga ИНТА: летопись ГУЛАГа
8. https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/jonas-juodisius/ Jonas Juodišius
9. https://www.generals.dk/general/Juodi%C5%A1ius/Jonas/Lithuania.html Juodišius, Jonas
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20110131062849/http://www2.memo.ru/d/111.html Интинское отделение общества «Мемориал» (archived copy)
11. https://ria.ru/20131202/981329324.html Биография Василия Синайского
12. [Jewish Telegraphic Agency|JTA]
13. Newsru.co.il "В одном из лагерей ГУЛага в Коми найдена могила члена ЕАК писателя Дер Нистера" August 29, 2017 http://www.newsru.co.il/world/29aug2017/nister302.html
14. https://lib.memo.ru/book/22356 Сидорова Н., Записки внучки Карла Радека
15. Наталья Камышникова-Первухина, СУДЬБЫ ЛЮДСКИЕ, Абезь