Was the Kolyam Highway built in Russia with the skeletons of one million people?

New York, Monday, November 23, 2020

Russia's 209 km long Kolyam Highway in the eastern part of the country has once again become the talk of the world. Human bones and skeletons have once again been found on a road in Irkutsk, Russia. Local MP Nikolaev Trufanov reported that human remains were scattered along with sand on the road. This is a very scary scene that can't even be described. Police have launched an investigation into the incident where a man's bones came out from inside the road. The notoriety of the bone road name had happened earlier on this day as well.

It is believed that the freezing of the snow during the cold season can cause the vehicles to get stuck. Man's bones have been mixed with sand to keep them from getting trapped. This is a highway construction incident in which 1.5 to 1 million people lost their lives. This highway connects Magadan in the west to Nizhny Novgorod in the east. There was a time when Kolyama could only be reached by sea or plane. Construction of the highway began during the Stalin dictatorship in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The construction of this road was completed on the 18th with the help of the hostage laborers and prisoners of the Sevvostlag labor camp.

According to the Times, in addition to the one million inmates and hostage laborers of Gulg, common criminals and political criminals were also involved in the construction of the highway. Among these prisoners were some of the best scientists in the Soviet Union. Among them was rocket scientist Sergei Korolev. Fortunately, he survived, and in 191, Russia had the honor of sending the first man into space. Another prisoner was the great poet Varalam Shalmov, who was sentenced to 15 years in a camp in Kolyama. The poet wrote about the cruelty seen in the camp that dogs and bears behaved better than men. Extreme cold, hunger, thirst and beatings made man an animal.

Antonin Novosad, a woman who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Kolay, has been alive for eight years. He says the prisoners were shot by gathering at the other end of the barbed wire. The dead prisoners were buried in this road construction. Only 30 percent of the prisoners sent to the area returned. Some tried to escape from the concentration camp but could barely survive for two weeks. Most died of cold or starvation or were attacked by bears.