List of uprisings in the Gulag

This is an incomplete list of uprisings in the Gulag:

Akukan mine uprising, 1930
Parbig uprising near Narym, 1931^[1]
Ust-Usa uprising [ru], 1942
SS Dalstroy explosion at Nakhodka Bay, 1946^[2]
Kolyma rebellion, 1946^[2]
Vorkuta uprising, 1948^[2]
Nizhni Aturyakh camp, Berlag, uprising, 1949^[2]^[3]
Ekibastuz strike [ru], 1952
Norilsk uprising, 1953
Vorkuta uprising, 1953
Kengir uprising, 1954

References

^ Lynne Viola (2007). The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin's Special Settlements. Oxford University Press (2007). p. 126f. ISBN 978-0-19-518769-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nikolai Tolstoy (1982). Stalin's Secret War. Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1981). p. 357. ISBN 0-03-047266-0.
^ Gulag Archipelago, Vol. 3

[1] Lynne Viola (2007). The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin's Special Settlements. Oxford University Press (2007). p. 126f. ISBN 978-0-19-518769-4.

[tolstoy-2] Nikolai Tolstoy (1982). Stalin's Secret War. Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1981). p. 357. ISBN 0-03-047266-0.

[3] Gulag Archipelago, Vol. 3

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v t e Prison riots and uprisings
19th century	1804 Castle Hill convict rebellion 1830 Bathurst Rebellion 1846 Cooking Pot Uprising
20th century	1944 Cowra breakout 1946 Battle of Alcatraz 1953 Norilsk uprising 1953 Vorkuta uprising 1954 Kengir uprising 1963 Pulau Senang prison riots 1971 Attica Prison riot 1974 Huntsville Prison siege 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary riot 1985 Badaber Uprising 1986 Peruvian prison massacres 1987 Atlanta prison riots 1988 Fremantle Prison riot 1989 Polish prison riots 1990 Leopoldov prison uprising 1990 Strangeways Prison riot 1992 Carandiru massacre 1997 Khujand prison riot 2000 F-type prisons strike and riots
21st century	2001 Battle of Qala-i-Jangi 2009 Mexico prison riot 2012 Altamira prison brawl 2012 Apodaca prison riot 2012 Yare prison riot 2012 Welikada prison riot 2013 Uribana prison riot 2013 Palmasola prison riot 2015 Kaohsiung Prison riot 2016 Topo Chico prison riot 2016 Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo riot 2017 Kidapawan jail siege 2017 Brazil prison riots 2017 Makala jailbreak 2018 Valencia fire 2019 Acarigua prison riot 2019 Amazonas prison riots 2019 Altamira prison riot 2019 Cameroon prison riots 2020 Guanare prison riot 2020 Mahara prison riot 2021 February Ecuadorian prison riots 2021 September Guayaquil prison riot 2021 November Guayaquil prison riot 2021 Tula prison break 2022 Battle of al-Hasakah 2022 Tuluá prison riot 2023 Támara prison riot 2024 Makala jailbreak attempt