Eduard Berzin

Deceased Person

1894 – 1938

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Who was Eduard Berzin?

Eduard Petrovich Berzin, born in Latvia, was a soldier and Chekist, but is remembered primarily for setting up Dalstroy, which instituted a system of forced-labour camps in Kolyma, North-Eastern Siberia, where hundreds of thousands of prisoners died. It was considered to be the most brutal of all the Gulag regions.

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Born
1894
Russian Empire
Died
Aug 1, 1938

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on July 23, 2013

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