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Vnukovo airport old terminal (pictured in 2000) built by inmates of Likovlag concentration camp

Likovsky ITL ( Russian: Ликовский исправительно-трудовой лагерь), Likovlag ( Russian: Ликовлаг), or Construction site number 204 ( Russian: строительство № 204) was a Soviet Gulag labour camp in Moscow oblast whose inmates built the Vnukovo airport.

History

The concentration camp was established on 16 August 1938. [1] It was located between the villages Likova and Izvarino, Kuntsevsky rayon, Moscow Oblast. The construction was personally overseen by Kliment Voroshilov. [2]

Prisoners of Likovlag were also working on the construction of a residential building for the Soviet elite on the Frunzenskaya embankment in central Moscow. [3] [1]

The camp was closed down soon after completion of the construction of Vnukovo airport in late 1941. [1]

Number of inmates

As at date Number
1 October 1938 2,817 [3] [1]
1 January 1939 4,556 [1]
15 February 1939 3,987 [4]
1 January 1940 3,255 [1]
July 1941 г. 11,063 [3]

Camp commandants

  • Krichmar Ya.N., since 16 August 38 [1]
  • Umov I.A. (mentioned in January and April 1941) [1]
  • Makukha ?.?., by 16 October 1941 [1]

Links

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i ЛИКОВСКИЙ ИТЛ И СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВО 204 (Ликовлаг) [Likovsky ITL and Construction Site 204 (Likovlag)] — Memorial (society) website
  2. ^ 204 метра над уровнем моря. История создания района Внуково [204 m above sea level. History of Vnukovo District] — Vnukovo Utilities Services Company official website, 17.08.2020.
  3. ^ a b c Территория бывшего Ликовлага (Москва) — Wikimapia.org
  4. ^ Н. В. Петров. История империи «Гулаг», Глава 7 [History of the Gulag empire, by Nikita Petrov, chapter 7]