Aktyubinlag

Aktyubinlag, also Aktyubinstroy, Aktyubkominat, and ITL and Construction Administration of the Aktyubinsk Combine of the NKVD (Russian: Актюбинлаг, Актюбинстрой, Актюбкомбинат, ИТЛ и Строительство Актюбинского комбината НКВД) was a forced labor camp under the control of the GULAG that was operational from 27 Feb 1940 to 24 Apr 1946, located in Aktyubinsk (modern-day Aktobe), Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.^[1]

The prisoners were mostly used for mining various ores and stones, including chromium, ferronickel, nickel, quartzite, and coal. However they were also involved in agriculture; fishing; and construction of factories, houses, roadways, and railroads.^[2]

There were a total of 63,127 people who were imprisoned here, peaking in 1943 with 14,842 prisoners.^[2]