In Russia's arctic wilderness, the remnants of one of the Soviet Union's most tragic gulag projects now lies largely forgotten. A rotting railway bridge in the Siberian outback/ A punishment cell for prisoners/ A guard's watchtower in autumn forest/ These are some of the ruins of Josef Stalin's abortive "Transpolar Mainline" railway. From 1947 until […]
In Russia's arctic wilderness, the remnants of one of the Soviet Union's most tragic gulag projects now lies largely forgotten. A rotting railway bridge in the Siberian outback/ A punishment cell for prisoners/ A guard's watchtower in autumn forest/ These are some of the ruins of Josef Stalin's abortive "Transpolar Mainline" railway. From 1947 until […]
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