Punitive Expeditions

in the campaign “Suppression of the GULAG Uprisings (1953–1954)”

Use of regular troops and tanks to suppress revolts of Ukrainian political prisoners in the concentration camp system. In Kengir, tanks crushed the unarmed: "About 200 Ukrainian women joined hands and marched against the tanks. But the tanks did not stop and one by one overcame the living phalanx. And the MVD men rushed to the barracks, shooting everyone they encountered"[1].

ID: C0086.T0077
Technique:  Punitive Expeditions
Start: May 1953
End: December 1954
Contributors: decolonial.ist project

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