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Yavas (Russian: Ява́с; Moksha: Яваз, Javaz) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in the Zubovo-Polyansky District of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 7,941.
It was founded in 1931 as the headquarters of the fast-paced camp system for prisoners, dubbed Temlag (named after the town of Temnikov) of the Gulag system, later transferred to Dubravlag (Asherah camp). The settlement retains its value as one of the centers of the Russian penitentiary system. There are these penal institutions:
LC-385/2 (for women)
LC-385/11 (for men)
LC-385/8 (for males and females, the colony-settlement).
The status of urban-type settlement was assigned to the settlement by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Mordovia on April 9, 1959.
Located on Yavas River, 42 kilometres (26 mi) north from the district center Zubova Polyana and 36 kilometres (22 mi) from the railway station Potma. Founded in 1930 on the railway line Potma – Barashevo, it served as an area for harvesting industrial wood and firewood for Moscow. At the beginning of the 1930s, the village became the center of the CTI network opened here ("Dubravlag"). A factory for wood processing was built in 1941-1945. By the mid-1950s, a school, hotel, bath, residential buildings and a stadium were built, and the House of Culture was renovated.
It was founded in 1931 as the headquarters of the fast-paced camp system for prisoners, dubbed Temlag (named after the town of Temnikov) of the Gulag system, later transferred to Dubravlag (Asherah camp). The settlement retains its value as one of the centers of the Russian penitentiary system. There are these penal institutions:
LC-385/2 (for women)
LC-385/11 (for men)
LC-385/8 (for males and females, the colony-settlement).
The status of urban-type settlement was assigned to the settlement by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Mordovia on April 9, 1959.
Located on Yavas River, 42 kilometres (26 mi) north from the district center Zubova Polyana and 36 kilometres (22 mi) from the railway station Potma. Founded in 1930 on the railway line Potma – Barashevo, it served as an area for harvesting industrial wood and firewood for Moscow. At the beginning of the 1930s, the village became the center of the CTI network opened here ("Dubravlag"). A factory for wood processing was built in 1941-1945. By the mid-1950s, a school, hotel, bath, residential buildings and a stadium were built, and the House of Culture was renovated.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yavas
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 54°24'42"N 42°50'44"E
- Gus-Khrustalny 199 km
- Pronsk 216 km
- Gribanovsky 332 km
- Shablykino 535 km
- Kantemirovka 559 km
- Rovenki 567 km
- Markivka 585 km
- Lokot 587 km
- Borisovka 628 km
- Kolomak 722 km
- Water tower 1.4 km
- Dubravlag 9 km
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