Prisoners working in the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp (1926-1928)

Prisoners of the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp use shovels to unload coal from a train car and toss it into a handcart.

Prisoner Weisbrod at work.

Weisbrod pushes a wheelbarrow filled with coal.

The face of a female prisoner.

Female prisoners work in the laundry, washing clothes by hand.

An imprisoned clergyman walks through the camp grounds.

Prisoners from the "Samookhrana" (Self-Guard) on duty at the guard booth.

A woman leaving the camp is having her pass checked.

A meeting of the certification committee to evaluate prisoner labor productivity.

Timber rafting from the Solovetsky Islands by sea.

Raftsmen float the timber.

Logs are hauled from the shore by horses; prisoners roll the floating logs ashore.

Logs are transported by horses along established log tracks.

Mechanically hoisting logs for stacking them for drying.

Prisoners loading logs onto railway platforms.

Transporting timber by rail.

Prisoners carrying planks from the sawmill.

Logs being cut into planks at the sawmill.

Prisoners working at the sawmill.