Likovsky ITL (), Likovlag (), or Construction site number 204 () was a Soviet Gulag labour camp in Moscow oblast whose inmates built the Vnukovo airport.
History The concentration camp was established on 16 August 1938.ЛИКОВСКИЙ ИТЛ И СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВО 204 (Ликовлаг) [Likovsky ITL and Construction Site 204 (Likovlag)] — Memorial (society) website It was located between the villages Likova and Izvarino, Kuntsevsky rayon, Moscow Oblast. The construction was personally overseen by Kliment Voroshilov.204 метра над уровнем моря. История создания района Внуково [204 m above sea level. History of Vnukovo District] — Vnukovo Utilities Services Company official website, 17.08.2020.
Prisoners of Likovlag were also working on the construction of a residential building for the Soviet elite on the Frunzenskaya embankment in central Moscow.
The camp was closed down soon after completion of the construction of Vnukovo airport in late 1941.
Number of inmates +As at dateNumber1 October 19382,8171 January 19394,55615 February 19393,987Н. В. Петров. История империи «Гулаг», Глава 7 [History of the Gulag empire, by Nikita Petrov, chapter 7]1 January 19403,255July 1941 г.11,063Территория бывшего Ликовлага (Москва) — Wikimapia.org
Camp commandants
Krichmar Ya.N., since 16 August 38 Umov I.A. (mentioned in January and April 1941) Makukha ?.?., by 16 October 1941
Links НКВД: Место службы — Ликовский ИТЛ и строительство № 204 - Кадровый состав органов государственной безопасности СССР. 1935−1939 [Selected biographies of NKVD staff serving in Likovlag]
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