Ust-Usa ETO (id:#60800)

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Ust-Usa, Siberia 1942-01-24 (5 others)

Overview:

In the history of the Soviet Gulag there was only one-armed rebellion. In the small logging camp of Lesoreid Lagpunkt Mark Retyunin, the camp administrator and a former prisoner, organized a mass uprising. The prisoners locked the majority of the guards in the bathhouse and armed themselves with weapons. After overcoming the remaining guards, they equipped themselves with new uniforms and boots. Weapons, however, were still short in supply. About half the prisoners marched on the nearby town of Ust-Usa that contained a militia building and a cache of weapons. With less than half their men armed, the rebels had to act fast in order to seize the militia building, post office (with telephone exchange), and the town jail.

Defender: Russian (Ust-Usa Militia)  

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