Belorechensk, Krasnodar Krai
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Belorechensk is a town in Krasnodar Krai
, Russia
, on the Belaya River
, from which it takes its name. Population:
It was established as a Cossack settlement in 1863. Town status was granted to it in 1958. During the Soviet
era, a corrective labor camp
was located here.
Krasnodar Krai
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, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, on the Belaya River
Belaya River (Kuban)
Belaya is a river in the Republic of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai of Russia. It is a tributary of the Kuban River, which it joins in the Krasnodar Reservoir). The river is 273 km long, with a drainage basin of 5,990 km². It has its sources at the main watershed of the Caucasus Mountains...
, from which it takes its name. Population:
It was established as a Cossack settlement in 1863. Town status was granted to it in 1958. During the Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
era, a corrective labor camp
Gulag
The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. While the camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, large numbers were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas and other instruments of...
was located here.