Jerzewo

settlement Jerzewo Ерцево Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Arkhangelsk Rajon Konoschski Founded 1937 population 4201 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81858 Post Code 164000-164001 License Plate 29 OKATO 11 222 818 001 Geographical location Coordinates 60 ° 48 ′  N , 40 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 40 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Arkhangelsk Oblast

Jerzewo ( Russian Ерцево ) is a settlement in northwestern Russia . It is located in Konoschski rajon within Arkhangelsk Oblast and has 4201 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Jerzewo is located in the southwest of Arkhangelsk Oblast, near the border with Vologda Oblast . The place is a good 420 kilometers south of the Oblast capital Arkhangelsk . The nearest city, Konosha , is located about 20 km north of Jerzewo and is also the center of the Rajon.

Jerzewo is the administrative center of the rural municipality Jerzewskoje (Russian Ерцевское сельское поселение ).

history

Jerzewo was built in 1937 as a station on the Moscow –Archangelsk railway line . At that time there was a camp of the Gulag "KargopolLag" ( Каргопольлаг ), which was named after its administrative center Kargopol , on the site of today's Jerzewo . In November 1940 the administration of the KargopolLag was transferred to the Jerzewo station, but the name of the camp remained. Up to 30,100 people in the Gulag, who were temporarily imprisoned, were mainly used for wood extraction and processing as well as for the construction of railway lines. In 1938 the Jerzewoer Railway ( Ерцевская железная дорога ) was opened, which was built by the prisoners of the Gulag and mainly used for the transport of wood. The railway line, which grew from year to year, ran with numerous branches in a westerly direction and connected various camp points. In the 1950s, the KargopolLag camp system was converted into a labor recovery camp. Under the name Utschreschdenije Potschtowy jaschtschik 233 ( Учреждение Почтовый ящик 233 / Institution Postbox 233 , short: П-233 ) these existed until 1994. During this time, more camp points were established and the railway line expanded. The extension of the longest arm of the railway line was 140 kilometers and ran in a south-westerly direction to the Vologda Oblast. In the years 1994 to 1995, almost all storage points had to be closed due to budget cuts. The P-223 became part of the administration of the Onega Forest Improvement Institutions ( Онежского управления лесных исправительных учреждений; УЛИУ ). In Jerzewo the Association of Reform Colonies No. 4 ( объединение исправительных колоний №4; ОИК-4 ) was formed, to which the reformatory institutions in Jerzewo and Sowsa with more than 1700 prisoners belonged. Due to the closure of most of the camp points, many settlements in the Jerzewo area were closed over time. As a result, the Jerzewo Railway was almost completely stopped by 2007.

Population development

The following overview shows the development of the population of Jerzewo.

year	Residents
1970	5,548
1979	4,933
1989	4,683
2002	4.013
2010	4,201

Note: census data

Transport and infrastructure

Jerzewo is a station of the Northern Railway on the Vologda –Archangelsk railway line . The railroad is also the most important means of transport. Jerzewo has a library.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Valery Alexandrovich Abramov (1956-2016), long-distance runner

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service of State Statistics of the Russian Federation); Čislennost 'naselenija po municipal'nym obrazovanijam i naselennym punktam Archangel'skoj oblasti, vključaja Neneckij avtonomnyj okru Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 Goda (population number of municipal structure and places the Arkhangelsk including the Autonomous circles Nenets results of the All-Russian census 2010.) Table (Download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of Arkhangelsk Oblast)
2. ↑ Article about the KargopolLag on gulag.memorial.de ; Reviewed March 31, 2010

Web links

• History of the storage systems in Jerzewo (Russian)
• History of the Jerzewo Railway (Russian)
• Article about Jerzewo in Novaya Gazeta (Russian)