Temlag

Temlag (Темла́г (Темниковский исправи́тельно-трудово́й ла́герь, Темниковский ИТЛ), Temnikovsky Corrective Labor Camp, Temnikovsky ITL) was a camp of the Gulag labor camp system of the Soviet Union. It was located in the Mordovian ASSR. Its name derives from the town of Temnikov. It existed during 1931-1948. Major industries were logging, wood processing industries, and railroad construction. In addition it had a wide variety of other small-scale industries: construction, metalworking, railroad servicing, clothing and footwear production, etc. Upon liquidation its assets were split. The camp system was transferred to Dubravlag, while the industries were reorganized into the Temnikovsky Industrial Combine of Gulag (Темниковский Промкомбинат ГУЛАГа), which itself did not manage any camps, and later it was also merged into Dubravlag. ^[1]

Notable inmates

• Nina Gagen-Torn, poet, writer, historian and ethnographer
• Sister Theresa Kugel, Greek Roman Catholic nun
• Mark Sobol, poet
• Rostislav Gorelov, artist
• ru:Глобачев, Николай Иванович
• ru:Авербах, Ида Леонидовна, wife of Genrikh Yagoda
• ru:Лившиц, Яков Абрамович
• ru:Энгвер, Николай Николаевич, economist
• ru:Сенкевич, Эдуард Иосифович, "chekist," director (1931-33) of SLON
• ru:Тамарина, Руфь Мееровна, Jewish poet
• ru:Яворка, Венделин Михайлович, Slovak catholic priest, arrested as the "agent of Vatican"
• ru:Скоропись-Иолтуховский, Александр Филаретович, Ukrainian activist

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