Preservation of a Former GULAG Camp, Perm

$56.1K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Russia
Start Date	Nov 09, 2005
End Date	Aug 23, 2009
Duration	1,383 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77267-48`

Grant Description

To support the research and develoment of a comprehensive preservation and conservation plan for the GULAG camp. The original timber buildings built by prisoners in 1946 are now on the verge of collapse. It is estimated there were thousands of camps from the 1930's to 1950's throughout the former Soviet Union.

The "Perm-36" GULAG camp is the only camp that remains intact.