Vorkuta (English spelling)

Japanese: ボルクター(英語表記)Vorkuta
Vorkuta (English spelling)
A city in the Komi Republic in the northern part of the Russian Federation. Population 116,000 (1992). In the 1930s, a prison camp was established in this far northern area near the Barents Sea, and prisoners worked in the coal mines. It is well known that a prisoner revolt occurred there after Stalin's death in 1953. It remains the center of the coal mining industry. [Wada Haruki]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ロシア連邦北部,コミ共和国の都市。人口11万6000(1992)。バレンツ海に近いこの極北の地には1930年代に収容所がつくられ,囚人が炭鉱で働いた。53年スターリンの死後,囚人の反乱があったことは名高い。現在も炭鉱の中心町である。【和田 春樹】

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