Krasnoyarsk (Красноярск) was a major center of the Gulag (government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems from the 1930s through the 1950s) system during the Stalin era. The most important labor camp was the Kraslag or Krasnoyarsky ITL (1938-1960) with two units located in Kansk and Reshyoty but there was also the Yeniseylag or Yeniseysky ITL labor camp in the city of Krasnoyarsk.
About 14 million people were deported to the Gulag labor camps from 1929 to 1953. Some estimates for total number of deaths there go beyond 10 million.
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dead silence of taiga
pine resin drop frozen in palm
glimpsing memories
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Ese' s Voice 
The memories that linger and the cries within that still follow, It’s amazing how some things remain for sometime to still teach the lessons isn’t it?
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Such sadness, beautiful haiku.
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Such a bleak place — like a dead planet in another universe. And yet another amazing haiku.
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Reblogged this on Hamish Gunn's Forest Walks.
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your brief history lessons are always a delight!
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This is so much worth remembering.. I have read Ann Applebaum’s book about Gulag… Especially interesting I found the cruel idea that work camps needed cheap labour… so new enemies had to be created to fill the camp for pure economical reasons…
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Haunting…..snow cannot hide the ugly memories of such a place.
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A beautiful tribute to all those who were send to Gulag.
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This haiku caught my breath a little. Such sadness. Truly lovely.
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