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The Red and the White: Britain’s Arctic Prison
The Red and the White: Britain’s Arctic Prison
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Oct 24, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Back in the Soviet era, boatloads of day-trippers went to the island of Mudyug in the White Sea, to visit a museum. It was based around the remains of a prison camp - and one that is very different from the decaying Gulag camps scattered across north Russia and Siberia. For one thing, it was set up as far back as 1918. Even more remarkably, many jailors were not Russian. They were foreign troops. Bizarrely one French officer at the camp later created the world's most famous scent, Chanel No 5, inspired by his experiences in the Russian Arctic.
Released:
Oct 24, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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