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A picture of some Soviet-era kopeck coins, used to operate the game machines.

A picture of some Soviet-era kopeck coins, used to operate the game machines.

An interior view of the Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines, resembling a 1980s USSR video game arcade.

An interior view of the Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines, resembling a 1980s USSR video game arcade.

Often inmates whose destination was North (in fact, the middle of frozen nowhere) were kept in pits for the night. The temperature was -40…-50 C. During the day they built the prison camp for themselves right at the spot. Hardly a quarter of those…

Often inmates whose destination was North (in fact, the middle of frozen nowhere) were kept in pits for the night. The temperature was -40…-50 C. During the day they built the prison camp for themselves right at the spot. Hardly a quarter of those…

A picture of the interior of the Moscow State Gulag Museum. Features photographs, documents and installations retelling the history of the Soviet gulag system.

A picture of the interior of the Moscow State Gulag Museum. Features photographs, documents and installations retelling the history of the Soviet gulag system.

Prisoners mine gold at Kolyma, the most notorious Gulag camp in extreme northeastern Siberia.

Prisoners mine gold at Kolyma, the most notorious Gulag camp in extreme northeastern Siberia.