Vorkuta (Russian: Воркута́; Komi: Вӧркута, romanized: Vörkuta; Nenets for "the abundance of bears", "bear corner") is a coal-mining town in the Komi Republic...
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Vorkutlag (redirect from Vorkuta gulag)
The Vorkuta Corrective Labor Camp (Russian: Воркутинский исправительно-трудовой лагерь, romanized: Vorkutinsky ispravitel'no-trudovoy lager'), commonly...
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Vorkuta is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia. Vorkuta may also refer to: Vorkuta Urban Okrug, a municipal formation which the town of republic significance...
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The Vorkuta Uprising was a major uprising of forced labor camp inmates at the Rechlag Gulag special labor camp in Vorkuta, Russian SFSR, USSR from 19...
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Vorkuta Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Воркута) (IATA: VKT, ICAO: UUYW) is a small airport in the Komi Republic, Russia located 3 km west of Vorkuta. It accommodates...
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The Vorkuta (Russian: Воркута) is a river in Komi Republic, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Usa. It is 182 kilometres (113 mi) long, and has a...
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Vorkuta Sovetskiy (also known as Vorkuta East) is a military airfield in the Komi Republic, Russia, located 11 km east of Vorkuta. It was one of nine...
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The Vorkuta State Drama Theatre (Russian: Воркутинский государственный драматический театр) is located in the Russian city Vorkuta. It was opened in 1943...
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workers, at the Severnaya coal mine 10 kilometres north of the city of Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia. The explosions were believed to be caused by ignition...
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northern outpost of Vorgashor, a mining town in Russia, and part of the Vorkuta Ring of settlements. By 2018 the town had been abandoned. There is a possibility...
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