Construction Work at Belomorkanal

Description

Black and white photograph of prisoners breaking rocks and clearing rubble after an explosion on the mountain at the construction of a canal lock at Belomorkanal. The 141-mile canal was built almost exclusively with manual labor and tools like those in this photograph.

Creator

Unknown

Date

1932-06-00 00:00:00 | no temporal coverage

Source

International Memorial Society, Moscow

Bibliographic Citation

"Removing of rocks' remnants after the explosion of the mountain at the construction of a canal lock at Belomorkanal, June 1932

Collection

Memorial Moscow