Crime 18/03/20 the Most famous escapes of prisoners from the Gulag
Perfect escapes only happen in the movies. In real life, the runaways were most often caught and returned to prison. And add from 3 to 8 years to the main term. “Podrywaja” into the wild are well aware that sooner or later will be caught. But the all-consuming dream of the prisoner on the throat of freedom is intoxicating and pushes to escape.
However, escaped from prison, the USSR still had a chance to “break away” – although small, but he was.
“Separation” Trinity of Solonevich
Ivan Solonevich, who still consider a traitor (in particular for collaboration with the Nazis during the great Patriotic war), repeatedly attempted to flee pre-war USSR. Each time for various reasons they were broken. The third ended with the arrest of Ivan Solonevich, his sons Yuriy and Boris and the other conspirators. They were convicted to different terms of imprisonment and were sent to the camp.
In 1934 all three managed to escape and go to the territory of Finland – Solonevich managed to lull the camp administration of his public activity. The escape was successful – one of three in the Soviet Union was not given.
the Odyssey of Rawicz
Pole Slawomir Rawicz was a soldier of the Polish army, he was arrested by the officers of the Soviet NKVD, when Germany and the USSR invaded Poland. Officer accused of espionage and was given 25 years in Siberian camps.
In April 1941, Rawicz with six prisoners escaped from the camp. They were joined by another fugitive-polka, is also enclosed. They crossed the Lena river, came to lake Baikal and found in Mongolia. Along the way, local residents helped the fugitives with food and clothing. At the transition of the Gobi desert the accident had even a snake, to survive. Most of the escapees died on the way, and escaped in October of that year came to Tibet, and then to the Himalayas. In March 1942, Rawicz and two egof his comrades was in India.
Slawomir Rawicz, became subjects of great Britain, survived until 2004, he had five children. About his misadventures ravitch wrote the book “a Long way”.
the Only escape from the Solovki
Sozerko Malsagov is a former white officer surrendered red. It in 1923 was sentenced to 3 years in the camps, and Malsagov was in the infamous ELEPHANT – Solovetsky special purpose camp. On the Solovki killed and tortured prisoners of different, subtle ways. All shoots from there were unsuccessful. But Malsagov and his four companions managed to escape to Finland. Malsagov from your life at that time, served only a year.
one day in may 1924, a group of conspirators sent to cut timber on the mainland. On location on a prearranged signal, the prisoners attacked the guards and seized their weapons. They travelled North, not once ran pursuing their security officers and went shooting. Ate what was given to the Karelians or found themselves in new settlements, hunting. At the end of June the group in full force crossed the border of Finland.
Subsequently Sozerko Malsagov, who fought in the Great Patriotic war in the Resistance, has also written memoirs.
Alexander the great, thrice fugitive
Alexander Solonik, the killer, nicknamed for allegedly shooting skill “two hands” Sasha the Macedonian, was a “Professor” on the part of the shoots – only in the USSR, “ride it out” twice, in 1987 and 1990, respectively. The first time he faced a serious sentence for rape. Scattered guards, Solonik jumped out of the window of the courthouse. A month later he was detained in Tyumen. The second time the Macedonian escaped from a penal colony in Perm through the sewer pipe – blowtorch cut a hole in it.
the Most famous of his escape, based on which then even made the film “24 hours” with Maxim Sukhanov in the title role, Solonik made after the collapse of the USSR, in 1995 – from “Matrosskaya Tishina”. The killer then helped one of the guards, escaped together with great. Both walked on freedomse long and the guard, and Solonik killed soon in Greece, members of Russian organized crime groups.
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