Ustvymlag
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Ustvymlag or Ust-Vym corrective labor camp (Russian: Устьвымлаг, Усть-Вымский ИТЛ) was a Gulag labor camp in the Soviet Union, Komi ASSR, with the headquarters in the village of Ust-Vym, later moved to Vozhayol. It was created from a detachment of Ukhtpechlag (Ухтпечлаг[1]) on August 16, 1937. After the dismantling of the Gulag system, it remained a corrective labor camp of the Soviet penal system until 1960.[1][2][3]
The main industry of the camp was logging and related production. The maximal occupation of 24,245, registered in 1943.[2]
In 1942, a labor detachment of Volga Germans "mobilized for labor" was housed in the camp. Since 1945, it also detained prisoners of war.[2]
It should not be confused with the earlier Ust-Vym corrective labor camp (1931-1932) used to man the constructions of the Syktyvkar-Ukhta road and Pinyug-Syktyvkar railway.[4]