Vorkuta. Immersion. Photobook. 4K / Воркута. Погружение. Фотокнига. 4K

Vorkuta is a city in the far north-east of the European part of Russia. This harsh region, located just 140 kilometers from the Arctic Ocean, is poorly adapted for human life. Endless tundra, permafrost zone. Previously, only Nenets reindeer herders leading a nomadic lifestyle could be found here. Everything has changed since the discovery of a large coal deposit in these places. In 1932, the first batch of Gulag prisoners arrived here, and their labor was subsequently widely used in mines. In 1943, numero