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- 1 2 УСОЛЬСКИЙ ИТЛ(Усольлаг)
- 1 2 ЧТОБЫ ПОМНИЛИ: ТРУДАРМИЯ, ЛЕСНЫЕ ЛАГЕРЯ, УСОЛЬЛАГ, based on the book GEDENKBUCH: Книга Памяти немцев-трудармейцев Усольлага НКВД/МВД СССР (1942-1947 гг.)
- ↑ ИТЛ УСОЛЬГИДРОЛЕС
- ↑ ПЕРМСКИЙ КРАЙ, Gedenkenbuch
- 1 2 3 Konstantin Bakharev, "Празднование юбилея Усольского ИТЛ стало причиной противоречий", Rossiyskaya Gazeta , February 5, 2013
- ↑ Собеседник плюс no.02, 2013. Special, issue: "100 мест, которые стоит посетить в России". p. 21, "Глухая Вильва" ("Glukhaya Vilva")