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A race against time – the road to Anders' Army

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Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21)

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The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

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1939.09.17 - 1941.08

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Jaryczów Stary (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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The Gulag Archipelago – Far East

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Sevvostlag (Russia, Magadan Oblast)

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The Gulag Archipelago – Murmansk Oblast

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The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Tarnopol (now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Wałowa Street 6 Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

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Łuck (now in Ukraine) Orsha (Belarus), prison (Jesuit College), Lenin Street 6a

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The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

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Lwów (now in Ukraine) Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Shipichny (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Pińsk (now in Belarus), NKVD Headquarters, Albrechtowska Street (Kirowa Street) Pińsk (now in Belarus), NKVD prison no 29, Brzeska/Poleska Street Minsk (Belarus), "Wołodarka" prison, Waladarskaha Street 2 Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Lwów (now in Ukraine) Kharkiv (Ukraine), prison no 1, Sverdlov Street 99 (Poltavsky Shlyakh Street 99) Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Jizzakh (Uzbekistan)

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The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Turkistan (Kazakhstan)

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The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Mołodeczno (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Wielki Gościniec Street 52 Połock (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Zinaida Tusnolobova-Marchenko Street Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Vorkutlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Jizzakh (Uzbekistan)

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The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Stanisławów (Ivano-Frankivsk, now in Ukraine), NKVD prison, Ivan Franko Street 19 Zhytomyr (Ukraine), prison, Vatutin Street 172 (Nezalezhnosti Street 172) Kozhva (Russia, Komi Republic) Sevpechlag (Russia, Komi Republic) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

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The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

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Shepetivka (Ukraine), transit camp Ostróg (now in Ukraine), transit camp (Barracks of the 19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment) Dubno (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

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The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

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Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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The Gulag Archipelago – Arkhangelsk Oblast

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Mołodeczno (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Wielki Gościniec Street 52 Stołpce (now in Belarus), prison (music school), Leninskaya Street 47 Baranowicze (now in Belarus), NKVD prison, Brestskaya Street 258 Wilno (now in Lithuania), NKVD Headquarters (Regional Court), Ofiarna Street 94 (Aukų Street 2a) Białystok, prison, Szosa Południowa (Kopernika Street 21) Minsk (Belarus) Kargopolag (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

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1940.07.10 - 1941.08.25

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Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150

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The Gulag Archipelago – Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

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Wilno (now in Lithuania), Łukiszki prison, Więzienna Street ( Lukiškių Street 6)

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The Gulag Archipelago – Komi Republic

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Ukhta (Russia, Komi Republic) Guzar (Uzbekistan) Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp Suzdal (Russia, Vladimir Oblast), NKVD special camp (Spaso- Evfimiev Monastery), Lenin Street 135k8

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The Gulag Archipelago – Ural

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Kiev (Ukraine), Lukyanivska Prison, Dehtiarivska Street 13 Ivdellag (Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast) Chkalov (Orenburg, Russia, Orenburg Oblast) Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)