The Vorkuta Gulag - Hellhole of the USSR

The Soviet Gulag prison system was set up in the 1920's by the ruling communist party.
Soviet Gulags were forced labour camps.
They held prisoners in harsh living conditions, where any treatment expected was to be extreme and inhumane.

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Sources:

Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum
Death and Redemption: The Gulag and the Shaping of Soviet Society
By Steven A. Barnes

The Gulag Study
By Michael E. Allen

The Thaw: Soviet Society and Culture during the 1950s and 1960s
By Denis Kozlov, Eleonory Gilburd

Encyclopaedia of the Arctic
edited by Mark Nuttall

[Simplehistory]

😱Remember guys we need to:
Step 1: Secure the keys
Step 2: Ascend from darkness
Step 3: Rain fire
Step 4: Unleash the horde
Step 5: Skewer the winged beast
Step 6: Wield a fist of iron
Step 7: Raise hell
Step 8: Freedom
Da.

[napalmman]

Russian Prisoner: Reznov, you sure you can trust this American?
Reznov: With my life...He and us are not so different. We are all soldiers without an In Vorkuta, we are ALL brothers...

[bigboss]

I heard an American prisoner escaped on a bike with a lever action shotgun

[wannacri]

“Allow me to introduce Sergei Kozin, the monster of Magadan.” - Viktor Reznov

[anonymoususer]

"We are all soldiers, without an army, Betrayed, Forgotten, Abandoned." - Reznov

[GAMERMAN-vyef]

We all know about Reznov's sacrifice, but what about Sergei's sacrifice.

[mta_the_viking]

"Dragovich... Kravchenko... Steiner... These "men" must die." - Viktor Reznov

[mr.noseybonk]

I didn't know the Vorkuta riot mission in Call Of Duty: Black Ops was based on a real life event, amazing!

[pataynasiboni]

"VICTORY CANNOT BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT SACRAFICE, MASON."
*"WE RUSSIANS KNOW THIS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE."*

[mr.ignorant]

"Allow me to introduce, Sergei Kozin the monster from Magadan"
"Glad you're a friend, Sergei"

"We will never pause, we will never falter, we will be free or die trying"

[anonymousphoenix]

People in the comments
USSR historians: SLEEP
Black Ops players: *REZNOV!*

[starrsickk]

so many cameos i saw mason sergei and reznov even simple history made the iconic plan and the comments filled with easter eggs

[thecomputer]

"STEP 8 REZONOV, FREEEDOM!!!"
"FOR YOU MASON, NOT FOR ME"

[butterflyknifeislife]

Simple History: You couldn’t escape
Black Ops fans: *ACKCHYUALLY*

[tboysenju]

“Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice we Russians know that better than anyone”

This line always gives me goosebumps.

[hunsterification]

"Allow me to introduce you. Sergei Koysev, the monster of magadan."

[dannyzero]

Title: *exist*

Black Ops fans: _bonjour_

[shoewithbeans]

“The vorkuta gulag”

Me: “The number mason, what do they mean”?”

[CoolaBoola]

Can we get an F in the comments for people who never played the BO1 mission?

[kiernanmccleerey]

“WE WILL NOT FALL! WE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN! WE WILL BE FREE, OR DIE TRYING!”