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Witness (date and place of birth)
- Arciszewski Jan, 1907, Pińsk (1)
  
  Bieniasiewicz Józef; 1897 (1)
  
  Błażewicz Romuald (1)
  
  Czerniak Zygmunt, 1906 (1)
  
  Dalidowicz Paweł; 1913? (1)
  
  Dopierała Wincenty; 1908 (1)
  
  Drozdowicz Józef (1)
  
  Drożejko Julian; 1897 (1)
  
  Dzikowski Henryk; 20.05.1922 (1)
  
  Frankiewicz Eliasz, 1899 (1)
  
  Galuk Stefan; 1895 (1)
  
  Graczkowski-Oleszczuk Włodzimierz, 1893 (1)
  
  Grunwald Antoni, 1897 (1)
  
  Jankowski Marian; 1919? (1)
  
  Jurewicz Maria, 14.10.1907 (1)
  
  Kaszkowiak Stanisław; 1902 (1)
  
  Kowalska J (1)
  
  Kowalska J. (1)
  
  Kureczko Stanisław (1)
  
  Lewszuk Paweł; 06.01.1890 (1)
  
  Michałowicz Adam; 1921? (1)
  
  Minakowski Jan; 29.05.1917 (1)
  
  Mołczadski Mordka (1)
  
  Orzechowski (Dżumała) Bronisław; 1918? (1)
  
  Radziewicz Wacław; 1902 (1)
  
  Sibiszowski Jan; 1913? (1)
  
  Stępień Marian Bolesław; 1899 (1)
  
  Suświłło Bronisław (1)
  
  Turowicz Aleksander; 1893.06.25 (1)
  
  Uszacki Leon; 1918 (1)
  
  Weissglas Jan Ludwik, 1912 (1)
  
  Wenda Antoni (1)
  
  Wiśniewski Tadeusz; 1920 (1)
  
  Wutke Paweł; 1893 (1)
  
  Zaręba Anatol, 1894.03.04 (1)
  
  Ławrynowicz Hipolit; 1916 (1)
  
  Śledź Józef; 1908? (1)
  
  Śliż Zofia; 1918 (1)
Subject
- The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic (18)
  
  In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease (8)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast (6)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast (2)
  
  A race against time – the road to Anders' Army (1)
  
  Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees (1)
  
  In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia (1)
  
  The Gulag Archipelago – Ryazan Oblast (1)
Event Date
- Start date: End date:
Location
- Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a (31)
  
  Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (14)
  
  Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (13)
  
  Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (13)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 (12)
  
  Orsha (Belarus) (10)
  
  Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (8)
  
  Sevzheldorlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (8)
  
  Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (6)
  
  Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) (6)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus) (5)
  
  Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD remand center, Fralankowa Street 50 (5)
  
  Berezwecz (Głębokie, now in Belarus), NKVD prison (Basilian monastery), Sovetskaya Street 201 (5)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus) (5)
  
  Lida (now in Belarus) (5)
  
  Lugovoy (Kazakhstan) (5)
  
  Moscow (Russia) (5)
  
  Wilejka (now in Belarus), prison, 1 Maja Street 50 (5)
  
  Lida (now in Belarus), "Kamionka" prison, Leninskaya Street 29 (4)
  
  Minsk (Belarus) (4)
  
  Kniazhpogost (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
  
  Margilan (Uzbekistan) (3)
  
  North-Pechora Gulag camp (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
  
  Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) (3)
  
  Vologda (Russia, Vologda Oblast) (3)
  
  Łomża, prison, Legionów Avenue 36 (3)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp (2)
  
  Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Kermine (Navoiy, Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Kuybyshev (Samara, Russia, Samara Oblast) (2)
  
  Minsk (Belarus), "Wołodarka" prison, Waladarskaha Street 2 (2)
  
  Monchegorsk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (2)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus) (2)
  
  Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Omsk (Russia, Omsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Petropavlovsk (Kazakhstan) (2)
  
  Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (2)
  
  Smolensk (Russia, Smolensk Oblast) (2)
  
  Soleczniki (Lithuania) (2)
  
  Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg, Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) (2)
  
  Abez (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Andijan (Uzbekistan) (1)
  
  Arzamas II (train station, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Arzamassky District) (1)
  
  Babynino (Russia, Kaluga Oblast, Babyninsky District) (1)
  
  Baranowicze (1)
  
  Borysów (Belarus) (1)
  
  Brześć (now in Belarus), "Brygidki" NKVD prison, Brześć Fortress (1)
  
  Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (1)
  
  Chełm (1)
  
  Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) (1)
  
  Chokpak (Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Czortków (now in Ukraine), Mickiewicza Street (Lesya Ukrainka Street 3) (1)
  
  Farab (Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Frunze (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) (1)
  
  Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) (1)
  
  Grodno (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Guzar (Uzbekistan) (1)
  
  Głębokie (Belarus) (1)
  
  Homel (Belarus) (1)
  
  Horodyszcze (now in Belarus, Brześć Oblast, Pińsk region) (1)
  
  Ivanovo (Russia, Ivanovo Oblast) (1)
  
  Izhma (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Jaszuny (Lithuania) (1)
  
  Kagan (Uzbekistan) (1)
  
  Kanin Nos (Russia, Nenets Autonomous Okrug) (1)
  
  Kara-Balta (Kyrgyzstan) (1)
  
  Karabas (Kazakhstan), train station (1)
  
  Karabash (Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra) (1)
  
  Kollag (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (1)
  
  Kostanay (Kazakhstan) (1)
  
  Kosów Poleski (Kosów, now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Kowel (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) (1)
  
  Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Kyltovo (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Litwinowicze (1)
  
  Lubcz (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Lwów (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Mereczowszczyzna (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Minsk (Belarus), NKVD remand center "Amerykanka", Hradsky Val Street 4 (1)
  
  Moscow (Russia), the NKVD prison "Lubyanka", Bolshaya Lubyanka Street 2 (1)
  
  Mołodeczno (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Wielki Gościniec Street 52 (1)
  
  Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast) (1)
  
  Nadwórna (now in Ukraine) (1)
  
  Nadwórna (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Shevchenko Maidan Street 43 (1)
  
  Naryan-Mar (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Niemenczyn (Lithuania) (1)
  
  Nowa Wilejka (Wilno, Lithuania) (1)
  
  Nowogródek (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Nukus (Uzbekistan) (1)
  
  Olita (Lithuania), internee camp (1)
  
  Onieglag corrective forced labor camp (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Orenburg Oblast (Russia) (1)
  
  Osinovka (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) (1)
  
  Oszmiana (now in Belarus) (1)
  
  Oszmiana (now in Belarus), prison, Piłsudskiego Street (Sowiecka Street) (1)
  
  Pechora (Russia, Komi Republic) (1)
  
  Pińsk (now in Belarus) (1)
Victims
- The Poles (39)
  
  Civilians (34)
  
  The Civilian Population (31)
  
  The Inteligentsia (19)
  
  Russians/Soviets (16)
  
  The Jews (12)
  
  The Russians (12)
  
  Ukrainians (10)
  
  Public servants/Civil servants (9)
  
  Women (9)
  
  Prisoners of War (8)
  
  The sick (8)
  
  Children (7)
  
  Deportees (7)
  
  The Sick (7)
  
  Belarusians (6)
  
  Families of "enemies of the people" (5)
  
  The elderly (3)
  
  Landowners (3)
  
  Lithuanians (3)
  
  Military settlers/Civilian settlers (3)
  
  Policemen (3)
  
  The Church (3)
  
  The Elderly (3)
  
  Foresters/Forestry workers (2)
  
  Members of Polish pre-war organizations (2)
  
  Border Guard (1)
  
  Internees (1)
  
  Veterans of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 (1)
Perpetrators
- Denunciation (8)
  
  People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, NKVD) (7)
  
  Soviet Border Guard (7)
  
  Soviet Militia (4)
  
  Collaboration (3)
  
  Lithuanians (3)
  
  NKVD Chief Directorate of Railways (NKVD train guards) (3)
  
  Red Army (3)
  
  Postal Protection (1)
Crimes
- Arrest (39)
  
  Forced labor (36)
  
  Biological extermination (35)
  
  Brutal interrogation/Tortures (30)
  
  Beating (23)
  
  Judicial crime (19)
  
  Deportation/Exile (18)
  
  Punishment cell (16)
  
  Robbery (15)
  
  Cattle wagons (12)
  
  Death by shooting (2)
  
  Roads of death (2)
  
  Air raids (1)
  
  Deportation (1)
  
  Disarmament (1)
  
  Execution (1)
  
  Forced voting (1)
  
  Forcing acceptance of Soviet citizenship (1)
  
  Mass graves (1)
Place
- Prison (22)
  
  (Soviet) forced-labor camp (17)
  
  NKVD custody suite (14)
  
  Kolkhoz (9)
  
  Transit camp (4)
  
  Mine (2)
  
  Spetsposelok (special settlement) (2)
  
  Forced labor camps for POWs (1)
  
  Internment camp (1)
  
  NKVD camp for POWs (1)
  
  Sovkhoz (1)
Content
- Health service (31)
  
  Amnesty (20)
  
  Anders' Army (16)
  
  Epidemics (9)
  
  Sikorski–Mayski Agreement (8)
  
  Hindering reaching Anders' Army (7)
  
  Communist propaganda (6)
  
  Polish culture in exile (6)
  
  Underground Activity/Diversionism and Sabotage (6)
  
  Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (3)
  
  First deportation (2)
  
  Fourth deportation (2)
  
  Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (2)
  
  AB Action (Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion) (1)
  
  Civil resistance (1)
  
  Military hospital (1)
  
  Third deportation (1)
Object type
- Account (14)
Object Creation Date
- Start date: End date:
File creator ^?
- Independent Historical Office of the Command of the Polish Armed Forces in the Soviet Union/Documentation Office of the Polish Army in the East (39)
Medium
- Text (39)
  
  Image (2)
Testimony availability ^?
- Full content available online (39)
  
  Full content available only at the Library of the Pilecki Institute (1)