Bamlag

Baikal Amur Corrective Labor Camp (Bamlag) (Russian: Байка́ло-Аму́рский исправи́тельно-трудово́й ла́герь, Бамла́г) was a subdivision of GULAG which existed during 1932-1948.

Its main activity was construction of the Baikal–Amur Mainline and secondary railroad branches. Its peak headcount was about 201,000 (1938). In 1938 it was dismantled into several railroad support camps: Amurlag, ru:Южлаг, ru:Западный железнодорожный ИТЛ, ru:Востоклаг, ru:Юго-Восточный железнодорожный ИТЛ, ru:Бурлаг.

Its administration was headquartered in the settlement of Svobodny, Amur Oblast. For the most time it was headed by Naftaly Frenkel (1934-1938), who also headed the construction directorate of BAM (1933-1938).

Notable convicts

• Arseny Alving [ru], Russian poet, novelist and translator
• Borys Antonenko-Davydovych, Ukrainian writer, translator and linguist
• Pavel Florensky, Russian Orthodox theologian and philosopher
• Yevgeni Gerken [ru], Russian poet and translator
• Konstantin Rokossovsky, Soviet marshal, and Defense Minister of the Polish People's Republic.
• Абиссов, Александр Афанасьевич
• Анфилов, Глеб Иосафович
• Аргунов, Андрей Иванович

• Богданов, Евгений Иванович

• Варпаховский, Леонид Викторович
• Вермель, Юлий Матвеевич
• Воловик, Георгий Георгиевич

• Герман (Кокель)

• Ковалёв, Лев Борисович

• Легейдо, Дмитрий Константинович

• Матвеев, Андрей Фёдорович

• Таранушенко, Стефан Андреевич

• Фасмер, Рихард Рихардович

• Цветаева, Анастасия Ивановна

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