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Lesoreid uprising
1942 prisoner uprising in the Ust-Usinsk area. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ust-Usa prisoner uprising also known as the Retyunin's revolt or the Lesoreid uprising was an uprising of prisoners at the Lesoreid subcamp of Vorkutlag near the village of Ust-Usa [ru] (Ust-Udinsky District, Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic), which took place at the beginning of 1942. The leader of the uprising was the head of the camp, a former prisoner himself, Mark Retyunin [ru]. The first armed uprising in the Soviet camp system (GULAG) began on January 24, 1942, and lasted ten days. During the confrontation, 75 rebels and NKVD employees were killed; 50 rebels were sentenced to capital punishment.
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33 killed, 20 wounded, 52 frostbitten | 42 killed, 50 sentenced to execution, 18 sentenced to prison terms |
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