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Patients in Hospital at Belomorkanal Camp
Black and white photograph of barracks interior with male patients on bunks and at a table in the hospital at Belomorkanal Camp.
Interior of Barracks with Bunk Beds, Kolyma
Color photograph of the ruins of an empty barracks with only the bunks remaining, taken at Bugutychag, a former subcamp at Kolyma.
Tags: deprivation barracks bunks theme
Prisoners in a Barracks
Black and white photograph of a group of young male prisoners on their bunks in a barracks in the Severodvinsk camp.
By a Stove
Mkrtchan pencil drawing depicting a group of prisoners wearing coats and hats huddled around a stove struggling to keep warm in their barracks at Ivdellag.
Truck in Snow Near Chukotka
Black and white photograph of a truck in snow on the road at Egvekinot-Iyl'tin, Chukotka.
Tags: deprivation snow cold trucks
Prisoner's Jacket with Identification Number
Black and white photograph of a prisoner's padded jacket with prisoner identification numbers visible on the back.
Well at Kolyma
Black and white photograph of a prisoner in heavy clothing hauling a water bucket from a well near the mine's gate at Kolyma, Magadan region.
Prisoner's utensils
Black and white photograph of prisoners' utensils recovered on expedition to former Gulag sites.
Tags: deprivation food plates spoons bowls
Blind Prisoners Waiting for Rations
Color sketch from Evfrosiniia Kersnovskaia's self-illustrated memoirs that depicts a group of blind prisoners lining up for food. Malnutrition and vitamin deficiency caused many cases of blindness, often referred to as night-blindness. She described how night-blinded camp inmates tried to finish eating their food near the food delivery window.
Meal in the Workshop
Pencil drawing of a cook serving soup to prisoners lined up on the other side of a window created by Mkrtchan at Ivdellag.
Tags: deprivation mkrtchan prisoners food