<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The study presents a virtual tom of the Gulag camp (www.gulag.cz &lt;http://www.gulag.cz>), which consists of the 3D visualization of the labour camp and the panoramic toms of all types of barracks. It is a unique opportunity to familiarize with the conditions, to see how Gulag camps really looked like, especially as there is no museum built from former Gulag camps in Russia today. The description of everyday life in the camp is illustrated by witnesses’ testimonies. The tour is accompanied by a general overview of the Gulag system and the stories of Czechoslovak, Hungarian, and Polish citizens arrested in the Gulag. The virtual tour is the result of three Czech expeditions to the furthest flung parts of Siberia (in 2009, 2011, and 2013), aiming to map what has remained of the abandoned Gulag camps in those areas. </p></abstract>

The study presents a virtual tom of the Gulag camp (www.gulag.cz <http://www.gulag.cz>), which consists of the 3D visualization of the labour camp and the panoramic toms of all types of barracks. It is a unique opportunity to familiarize with the conditions, to see how Gulag camps really looked like, especially as there is no museum built from former Gulag camps in Russia today. The description of everyday life in the camp is illustrated by witnesses’ testimonies. The tour is accompanied by a general overview of the Gulag system and the stories of Czechoslovak, Hungarian, and Polish citizens arrested in the Gulag. The virtual tour is the result of three Czech expeditions to the furthest flung parts of Siberia (in 2009, 2011, and 2013), aiming to map what has remained of the abandoned Gulag camps in those areas.

Virtual Tour of the Gulag

Gulag.cz Association, Prague, Czech Republic

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies

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The Only Accessible Gulag Museum, The Gulag.cz Association, Czech Republic

The study presents a virtual tom of the Gulag camp (www.gulag.cz ), which consists of the 3D visualization of the labour camp and the panoramic toms of all types of barracks. It is a unique opportunity to familiarize with the conditions, to see how Gulag camps really looked like, especially as there is no museum built from former Gulag camps in Russia today. The description of everyday life in the camp is illustrated by witnesses’ testimonies. The tour is accompanied by a general overview of the Gulag system and the stories of Czechoslovak, Hungarian, and Polish citizens arrested in the Gulag. The virtual tour is the result of three Czech expeditions to the furthest flung parts of Siberia (in 2009, 2011, and 2013), aiming to map what has remained of the abandoned Gulag camps in those areas.

The study presents a virtual tom of the Gulag camp (www.gulag.cz <http://www.gulag.cz>), which consists of the 3D visualization of the labour camp and the...

Virtual Tour of the Gulag

Published Online: Sep 08, 2015

Page range: 79 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auseur-2015-0008

Keywords
Gulag, Stalin, Soviet labour camps, virtual tour, Dead Road, Transpolar mainline Salekhard - Igarka, barracks, prisoners, Soviet Union, 3D artefacts

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Virtual Tour of the Gulag

Published Online: Sep 08, 2015

Page range: 79 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auseur-2015-0008

KeywordsGulag, Stalin, Soviet labour camps, virtual tour, Dead Road, Transpolar mainline Salekhard - Igarka, barracks, prisoners, Soviet Union, 3D artefacts

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Gulag, Stalin, Soviet labour camps, virtual tour, Dead Road, Transpolar mainline Salekhard - Igarka, barracks, prisoners, Soviet Union, 3D artefacts