Norilsk uprising

Norilsk uprising
Part of the Gulag uprisings during de-Stalinization
Date26 May - 4 August 1953
Location
Gorlag, Norillag, Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai,  RSFSR
Result Uprising suppressed
Belligerents
Prisoners

 Soviet Union

Commanders and leaders
Pavel Frenkel
Mikhail Izmailov
Boris Shamaev
Ivan Vorobyov
Evgeny Gritsyak
Pavel Filnev
Aleksandra Zelenskaya		 Mikhail Kuznetsov
Alexander Sirotkin
Ivan Semyonov
Strength
16,378 people No data
Casualties and losses
1,000 people killed and wounded No data

The Norilsk uprising was a major strike by Gulag inmates in Gorlag, a MVD special camp for political prisoners, and later in the two camps of Norillag [ITL], Norilsk, USSR, now Russia, in the summer of 1953, shortly after Joseph Stalin's death. About 70%[1] of inmates were Ukrainians, some of whom had been sentenced for 25 years because of MGB accusations of being involved in the "Bandera standard".[1] It was the first major revolt within the Gulag system in 1953–1954,[2] although earlier numerous cases of unrest in Gulag camps are known. It was led by Pavel Frenkiel in 1st camp, by Boris Shamaev in 3rd camp, by Yevhen Hrytsyak in 4th camp, by Pavel Filnev in 5th camp and by Lesya Zelenska in 6th camp.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Фініковський, Ю. (2020). Участь Данила Шумука у Норильському повстанні 1953 року (Рarticipation of Danylo Shumuk in the Norilsk uprising). Наукові записки Національного університету «Острозька академія». Серія «Історичні науки», (Вип. 30), 98-104.
  2. ^ William D. Pederson, "Norilsk Uprising of 1953," Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History (Gulf Breeze, Florida: Academic International Press, 1976) Vol. 25
  3. ^ Leader Of 1953 Soviet Gulag Uprising Dies In Ukraine At 90
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Alla was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ № 117–187 Волнения заключенных Горного лагеря (24 мая - 7 июля 1953 г.) // История Сталинского ГУЛАГа. Восстания, бунты и забастовки заключенных. Т. 6. М.: РОССПЭН. С. 320–413.