Soldiers from Kolyma couldn't stand it anymore ... The Russian explains that on July 20, 450 people from their camp went to the front. Some were in the unit for 2-3 days, and there were people ...

NOTE: This post largely reprints last year's Victims of Communism Day post, with some modifications. Today is May Day. Since ...

Russia’s Trans-Baikal Region and Magadan Region, including the Kolyma region ... The bill is mainly aimed at encouraging people to get involved in legal gold mining, Volkov stressed.

Kolyma is a long highway that stretches through the deepest Russian North-east. It was the epicentre of the Soviet prison camp system. Millions of people built them and lived there under the most ...