| Serpantinka | |
|---|---|
| Extermination camp | |
  Location of Serpantinka within the Soviet Union | |
| Coordinates | 62°42′8″N 150°1′5″E / 62.70222°N 150.01806°E[verification needed] |
| Other names | Komandirovka Serpantinnaya |
| Location | Magadan Oblast, Russia |
| Operated by | NKVD |
| Commandant | Maksimov |
| Original use | road-building |
| Operational | Great Purge |
| Killed | unknown |
Serpantinka is the informal name for the place of detention and execution at the times of Stalinism. Though never officially found by any expedition it is believed to be located somewhere in the Kolyma region. It was under control of Sevvostlag (a directorate of the Gulag), and the local NKVD troika used it as the second major place for the enforcement of their death sentences during the Great Terror. The few survivors[1][2] recall "Serpantinka" as one of the most brutal sites, even among Stalin's camps in the Kolyma area.
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- ^ Таратин, Илья (1988). "Потерянные годы жизни (глава "Серпантинка")". Волга (in Russian) (5). Саратов: 53–81.