ACTIVITIES OF THE FORCED LABOR CAMP IN THE CHUVASH AUTONOMOUS REGION IN THE TOWN OF CHEBOKSARY

Elena V. Vyrlan

DOI: 10.47026/1810-1909-2021-2-22-26

Key words

personnel, forced labor camp, prisoners, famine, the Chuvash Autonomous Region (1920–1925), revolutionary tribunal.

Annotation

The article attempts to analyze the activities of forced labor camps using as an the example the functioning of the Forced Labor Camp of the Chuvash Autonomous Region (ChAO) in 1920–1921. The work is based on previously unpublished sources of the State Historical Archive of the Chuvash Republic. The study shows the features of classifying the prisoners, their number in the forced labor camp of the Chuvash Autonomous Region in the town of Cheboksary, the regime restrictions imposed on them, it also analyses the most frequent violations of discipline in the camp, shows the issues of the camp organization and the conditions of service in it, the system of employees’ remuneration, as well as the difficulties in the institution’s functioning under existing socio-economic situation during the years of mass famine in the Volga region. The history of establishment and operation of forced labor camps is currently poorly covered, especially at the regional level. Basing on the results of the study, the author makes a conclusion on the reasons for liquidation of forced labor camps, as well as on the need for detailed studying the regional aspects of the problem under consideration.

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Information about the author

Elena V. Vyrlan – Post-Graduate Student, Russian History Department, Chuvash State University, Russia, Cheboksary (elenavyrlan7@gmail.com).

For citations

Vyrlan E.V. ACTIVITIES OF THE FORCED LABOR CAMP IN THE CHUVASH AUTONOMOUS REGION IN THE TOWN OF CHEBOKSARY. Vestnik Chuvashskogo universiteta, 2021, no. 2, pp. 22–26. DOI: 10.47026/1810-1909-2021-2-22-26 (in Russian).

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