Lesoreid uprising
| The Lesoreid uprising | |||||||
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| Part of Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Red Army Prison Guards NKVD VOKhR |
Mark Retyunin Camp prisoners Non-prisoners Lesoreid rebels | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 33 killed, 20 wounded, 52 frostbitten | 42 killed, 50 sentenced to execution, 18 sentenced to prison terms | ||||||
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The Ust-Usa prisoner uprising also known as the Retyunin's revolt or the Lesoreid uprising was an uprising of prisoners at the Lesoreid subcamp of Vorkutlag near the village of Ust-Usa (Ust-Udinsky District, Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic), which took place at the beginning of 1942. The leader of the uprising was the head of the camp, a former prisoner himself, Mark Retyunin. The first armed uprising in the Soviet camp system (GULAG) began on January 24, 1942, and lasted ten days. During the confrontation, 75 rebels and NKVD employees were killed; 50 rebels were sentenced to capital punishment.