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== History and Lore == | == History and Lore == | ||
Sovisk was founded at the end of the 1920s, but the official date of founding is traditionally 1935, when Sovisk was expanded as a settlement and became the center of the Sovislag system of Gulag labour camps. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1939 and town status in 1953. | Sovisk was founded at the end of the 1920s, but the official date of founding is traditionally 1935, when Sovisk was expanded as a settlement and became the center of the Sovislag system of Gulag labour camps. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1939 and town status in 1953. | ||
=== | === Labour camp === | ||
In the first two centuries Sovisk was exclusively built up by prisoners sent from [[Kreznik]], which were imprisoned in the ''Sovisk Gulag''(Russian short form: SovisLag). The number of prisoners increased annually. In summer 1953 prisoners organized the non-violent Sovisk uprising. Over a thousand participants were either moved to different prisons or were shot. 1956 the labour camp was closed and every evidence of it was removed, except an old ruin of it which is still standing today. | In the first two centuries Sovisk was exclusively built up by prisoners sent from [[Kreznik]], which were imprisoned in the ''Sovisk Gulag''(Russian short form: SovisLag). The number of prisoners increased annually. In summer 1953 prisoners organized the non-violent Sovisk uprising. Over a thousand participants were either moved to different prisons or were shot. 1956 the labour camp was closed and every evidence of it was removed, except an old ruin of it which is still standing today. | ||
=== Airfield === | === Airfield === | ||