Peschanaya, Irkutsk Oblast Explained

Official Name:Peschanaya
Native Name:Песчаная
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Russia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Russia
Subdivision Type1:Federal subject
Subdivision Name1:Irkutsk Region
Subdivision Type2:Administrative district
Subdivision Name2:Olkhonsky District
Subdivision Type3:Municipal unit
Subdivision Name3:Khuzirskiy
Timezone:IRKT
Utc Offset:+08
Coordinates:53.2856°N 107.6022°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:666137

Peschanaya (Russian: Песч́аная) is a village in the Olkhonsky District of Irkutsk region of Russia, a part of the Khuzhirskiy municipal unit. Located in the bay Nurganskaya Guba in the middle part of the western coast of Olkhon Island, in 12 km northeast from the village Kharantsy.

In the late 1930s near the village a correctional labor camp was established for those convicted of hooliganism and larceny.[1] The camp was a part of the GULAG system, the barracks were fenced with barbed wire.The prisoners worked on fishing boats, at the fish factory and a sawmill.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mysterious Olkhon.Nurganskaya Guba (Peschanaya). Olkhon Myst. 2015-11-22. ru.