Vorkuta (English spelling)
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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 |
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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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