Angarlag

Gulag labor camp

For a Soviet ship, see SS Angarstroy.

Angarlag, also Angarstroy, Angarsky ITL (Russian: Ангарлаг, Ангарстрой, Ангарский ИТЛ) was a Gulag labor camp during 1947-1960 headquartered in Bratsk, Irkutsk Oblast, RSFSR. Initially, it was under the control of the Western Directorate of Baikal-Amur Mainline Construction and Camps. In 1948 it was resubordinated to the Chief Directorate of Railroad Construction Camps, later directly to GULAG.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Its major projects were the construction of segments of Baikal-Amur Mainline and a bridge across Angara.^[2]

In 1948 the Taishetlag was merged into Angarlag. Later some other divisions and enterprises were transferred to Angarlag.^[2]

Notable inmates

^ Note: GULAG was renamed several times, e.g., to Main Directorate of Corrective Labor Colonies (Russian: Главное управление исправительно-трудовых колоний (ГУИТК)), which names you may see in the documents describing the subordination of various camps.
^ ^a ^b ^c D. Shkapov, АНГАРСКИЙ ИТЛ (Ангарлаг, Ангарстрой, Ангарский ИТЛ и промкомбинат), section from "Система исправительно-трудовых лагерей в СССР", Moscow, 1998, ISBN 5-7870-0022-6
^ Смирнов, Михаил Боорисович; Рогинский, Арсений Борисович; Охотин, Никита Глебович (1998). Система исправительно-трудовых лагерей в СССР, 1923-1960: Справочник. Москва: Звенья. pp. 144–146. ISBN 5-7870-0022-6 . Retrieved 12 January 2025.