From 1947 until 1953, tens of thousands of prisoners, many of them "politicals" convicted for "anti-Soviet acts", were shipped to northern Russia to lay a railroad through some of the harshest terrain on Earth.
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| 2018-10-29 |
From 1947 until 1953, tens of thousands of prisoners, many of them "politicals" convicted for "anti-Soviet acts", were shipped to northern Russia to lay a railroad through some of the harshest terrain on Earth. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 So many broken eggs and still no omelette |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2018-10-29 16:32 |
| #1 It's Al-Guardian, so they reminisce some. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2018-10-29 08:15 |