Friday, February 13, 2015

44. Dead railway

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle

Salekhard–Igarka Railway or Transpolar Mainline. Russians is also called her Road to nowhere, Road of death and the Dead road.


dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, map

The road was planned and built as part of a large Transpolar Mainline. The idea to build a railroad along the Arctic Circle belongs to Joseph Stalin.

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

Road building Gulag - for construction in the polar regions brought 80,000 prisoners - they were mostly political prisoners.

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes
The view from the helicopter on a large camp near the village Ermakovo. In the lower right corner of the visible remnants of the locomotive depot. - ph. Ivanov, Vologodsky

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

Every 5-10 kilometers is a small camp with the prisoners for construction. Remnants buildings can be found in the road now.

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes
Guard tower
Due to bad climate conditions during construction were killed at different times of about 100 000 people.

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes
Memorial cross in memory of those killed in road construction, located in one of the villages in that area.
dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes
The grave near the railroad
Construction was carried out since 1947 and was halted by the government's decision 20 days after the death of Stalin. Due to bad quality of construction and the climate railway Salekhard-Igarka was never completed and never fully used.

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

900 kilometers of dilapidated railroad tracks are monument of the crimes of communism.

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

dead railway, Salekhard–Igarka Railway, abandoned road, Gulag, Arctic Circle, Stalin's crimes

Most of the 100,000 people who died during the construction of this railway are buried in unmarked graves near the Arctic Circle.
(sources of images: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

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