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  1. katorganoun

    Penal servitude in a Russian or Soviet labour camp.

  2. katorganoun

    A Tsarist or Soviet labour camp.

  3. Etymology: From каторга

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  1. Katorga

    Katorga (Russian: ка́торга, IPA: [ˈkatərɡə]; from medieval and modern Greek: katergon, κάτεργον, "galley") was a system of penal labor in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union (see Katorga labor in the Soviet Union). Prisoners were sent to remote penal colonies in vast uninhabited areas of Siberia and Russian Far East where voluntary settlers and workers were never available in sufficient numbers. The prisoners had to perform forced labor under harsh conditions.

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  1. Katorga

    Katorga was a system of penal servitude of the prison farm type in Tsarist Russia. Prisoners were sent to remote camps in vast uninhabited areas of Siberia—where voluntary workers were never available in satisfactory numbers—and forced to perform hard labour.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of katorga in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of katorga in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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