Vozhayol Explained

Vozhayol or Vozhael (Russian: Вожаёль) is a rural settlement in Knyazhpogostsky District of Komi Republic, Russia. Formerly an urban settlement (1942/1944–1991), now it is an administrative unit of the municipality.

The Ustvymlag, a forestry gulag that held a maximum of 24,000 prisoners and operated from 1937 until the 1960s, was relocated into Vozhayol.[1] [2]

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62.8444°N 51.3289°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Gulag in Northwest Russia . Map of Memory . 2021.
  2. Web site: Digging Up My Grandfather’s Killers—A Journey Through the Stalinist Archives . 2024-07-17 . carnegieendowment.org . en.