Northern Russia: Kholmogory (or Kholmogory), the first Gulag of the Soviet era, is established. It will be inaugurated in 1924. Sailors from Kronstadt will be imprisoned there after an attempted riot. Once the uprising is quelled, the insurgents are lined up on the pier. “Count yourself!” The odd numbers step forward and are shot on the spot. The even numbers will receive 10 years in the Gulag in Kholmogory. After several escape attempts, a military unit is sent in. The camp director commits suicide. And the surviving sailors are transferred to the special-regime camp on the Solovki Islands.
