Vorkuta uprising

Vorkuta uprising
	; Vorkuta Gulag in 1940s
Date	19 July 1953 – 1 August 1953
Location	Vorkutlag, Vorkuta, Soviet Union67°30′51″N 64°05′02″E
Result	Uprising suppressed
Belligerents
Soviet Army; Prison Guards	Vorkuta inmates
Casualties and losses
	57 killed
	Location within European Russia

The Vorkuta Uprising was a major uprising of forced labor camp inmates at the Rechlag Gulag special labor camp in Vorkuta, Russian SFSR, USSR from 19 July (or 22 July) to 1 August 1953, shortly after the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria. The uprising was violently stopped by the camp administration after two weeks of bloodless standoff.

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