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The Nazino tragedy (Russian: ÐазинÑÐºÐ°Ñ ÑÑагедиÑ, romanized: Nazinskaya tragediya) was the mass deportation of around 6,700 prisoners to Nazino Island, located on the Ob River in West Siberian Krai, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Tomsk Oblast, Russia), in May 1933. Sent to construct a "special settlement" and to cultivate the island, the deportees were abandoned with only scant supplies of flour for food, little to no tools, and virtually none of the clothing or shelter necessary to survive the harsh Siberian climate. Conditions on Nazino Island deteriorated quickly and resulted in widespread disease, violence, and cannibalism. Within 13 weeks, over 4,000 of the deportees had died or disappeared, and the majority of the survivors were in ill health. Those who attempted to leave were killed by armed guards.
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World Prisons. (2026). Nazino affair. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nazino-affair
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"Nazino affair." World Prisons. Accessed July 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nazino-affair.
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@misc{worldprisons-nazino-affair,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Nazino affair},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nazino-affair},
urldate = {2026-07-23}
}