What the records say
- When
- 24 Jan 1942 – 6 Mar 1942
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 65.98° N, 56.91° E
- Description
- 1942 prisoner uprising in the Ust-Usinsk area
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lesoreid uprising
1942 prisoner uprising in the Ust-Usinsk area
The Ust-Usa prisoner uprising also known as the Retyunin's revolt or the Lesoreid uprising was an uprising of prisoners at the Lesoreid subcamp of Vorkutlag near the village of Ust-Usa, which took place at the beginning of 1942. The leader of the uprising was the head of the camp, a former prisoner himself, Mark Retyunin.
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