White Sea–Baltic Canal project

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/White_Sea–Baltic_Canal_project
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infrastructure
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Belomorkanal
gptkbp:builtBy Gulag prisoners
gptkbp:casualtiesEstimate 12,000 to 25,000 deaths
gptkbp:connectedBodyOfWater gptkb:Baltic_Sea
gptkb:Lake_Onega
gptkb:White_Sea
gptkbp:connectsCity gptkb:Vytegra
gptkb:Belomorsk
gptkb:Petrozavodsk
gptkb:Povenets
gptkbp:endDate 1933
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first major Soviet canal project
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label White Sea–Baltic Canal project
gptkbp:length 227 kilometers
gptkbp:location gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:White_Sea–Baltic_Canal
gptkbp:notableFor forced labor
rapid construction
high mortality rate
gptkbp:notablePublication The White Sea Canal (1934)
gptkbp:numberOfLocks 19
gptkbp:opened August 2, 1933
gptkbp:order gptkb:Joseph_Stalin
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:NKVD
gptkbp:partOf Soviet Five-Year Plan
gptkbp:purpose connect White Sea and Baltic Sea
gptkbp:region gptkb:Arkhangelsk_Oblast
gptkb:Karelia
gptkbp:startDate 1931
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Glavnoe_Upravlenie_Lagerei_(Main_Camp_Administration)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7