Yermakovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Yermakovo (Russian: Ермако́во) is an urban-type settlement in Krasnoyarsk krai near the town of Igarka in Siberia. It was built in 1949 as a gulag to house the prisoners constructing the Salekhard–Igarka Railway. By 1955 it was abandoned. It was revitalised in the 2000s as a tourist town. The population in 2011 was 12. The main attraction for the town is a unique gulag museum.
Yermakovo
Ермаково | |
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Location of Yermakovo | |
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Coordinates: 66°35′N 86°11′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Administrative district | Turukhansky District |
Founded | 1949 |

Here is one of the typical houses with the three "front buildings" in the civil area of the old settlement Yermakovo.
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