Akatuy katorga

Background

The Akatuy katorga prison (Russian: Акатуйская каторжная тюрьма, Akatuyskaya katorzhnaya tyur'ma), part of the Nerchinsk katorga system of the Russian Empire, operated in the present-day Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District of Transbaikalia in the Russian Far East. It originated in 1832 at the Akatuyskiy mine in the village of New Akatuy (Russian: Новый Акатуй). Originally labor convicts (mostly criminal) worked here extracting of lead-silver ores. After the closing of the Kara katorga in 1890, Akatuy became one of the main centers for the detention of political prisoners. It became a women's penal camp in 1911 and finally closed after the February Revolution of 1917.

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World Prisons. (2026). Akatuy katorga. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/akatuy-katorga

"Akatuy katorga." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/akatuy-katorga.

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  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Akatuy katorga},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/akatuy-katorga},
  urldate = {2026-07-21}
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