Kuloy, Russia

History

The history of the settlement goes back to August 25, 1942, when Kuloy railway station of the North Pechora Railway was opened. The station was necessary to access the work camp building the railway. The railway was built using forced labor by political prisoners, causing many deaths due to low safety and general health of workers. There were four men's and one women's work camp in Kuloy.

Work conditions were extremely severe. The workers had to build their own ovens, get warm by standing near cast iron and write letters for their friends and family on pieces of newspapers. They made the ink to write by mixing coal residue with kerosene. In 1944, barracks were built to be used as dormitories for workers. Working on the railway was deemed voluntary, but the discipline and surveillance was organized by the military.

Status of urban-type settlement was granted to Kuloy on March 20, 1945.

In 2004, near the village of Priluki, located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) from Kuloy, a graveyard of political prisoners of Sevdvinlag was found. The deceased were people who died at the infirmary, located 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) away.

From the History section of Kuloy on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.