Where was the Soviet revolutionary whose death shortly preceded The Norilsk uprising born?
Norilsk uprising The Norilsk uprising was a major strike by Gulag inmates in Gorlag, a special camp mostly for political prisoners, and later in the two camps of Norillag [ITL], Norilsk, USSR, now Russia, in the summer of 1953, shortly after Joseph Stalin's death. About 70% of inmates were Ukrainians, many of whom had been sentenced to the so-called ""Bandera Standard"", 25 years. It was the first major revolt within the Gulag system in 1953-1954, although earlier numerous cases of unrest in Gulag camps are known. It was led by Yevhen Hrytsyak.
Nikolai Simoniak Nikolai Pavlovich Simoniak (Russian: Симоняк Николай Павлович , February 17 [O.S. February 4] 1901 – April 23, 1956) was a Soviet military commander.