Moscow-Volga Canal (1937)


Description: Construction of the Moscow-Volga Canal, Moscow Region, 1933-1935. Prison-camp entry gate; panorama of the camp, barracks. Interior of a barrack, with the bunks. The Canal Army Soldiers (the prisoner-builders) relax after work, reading a newspaper, buying food at the buffet, or learning arithmetic.
Source: Russian State Film & Photo Archive at Krasnogorsk (2000)

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