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Katorga
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Look up <i> katorga</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <p>Katorga was a system of <a href="/facts/Penal_labor/prMQz611">penal labor</a> in the <a href="/facts/Russian_Empire/hg1g5SpV">Russian Empire</a> and the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a> (see <a href="/facts/Katorga_labor_(Soviet_Union)/vluyLEnM"> Katorga labor in the Soviet Union</a>). </p><p>Prisoners were sent to remote <a href="/facts/Penal_colonies/63twBQ8y">penal colonies</a> in vast uninhabited areas of <a href="/facts/Siberia/oaCoPEjF">Siberia</a> and the <a href="/facts/Russian_Far_East/BT7sYGTP">Russian Far East</a> where voluntary settlers and workers were never available in sufficient numbers. The prisoners had to perform <a href="/facts/Forced_labor/rXsxuDq5">forced labor</a> under harsh conditions. </p>