Searching for Uchta

[Yennefer]

Hello!
Could somebody help me in my research?Im seeking informations about Uchta camp where my grgrandfather was prisoner-in 1944-1945, any kind of information could help.
If You knows where can I find databases with surnames(especially Lewicki) to check the list?Also im interestd in Smorgon region-i need old fotos with shops names.
Thank You

[hannia]

Whatever is left of the Uhta Gulag Card Files is contained in the Komi Archives. The Archives are located in Syktyvkar, the capital of the Komi Republic in northwestern Russia, appx 1000 kilometers northeast of Moscow. During the Soviet era, the region was a place of exile, with forced labor camps, prisons for political offenders, and involuntary resettlement of workers.

Although there is nothing available online, the archives are open to the public and make records more accessible than facilities in Moscow.

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Address for Komi Archives -

Arkhivnoe Upravlenie Republiki Komi
Chief: Valerij Zhilin
Deputy: Larisa Donenevskaia
ul. Pervomaiskaia, 90
m. Syktyvkar
Komi Republic 175700

E-Mail - http://www.rkomi.ru/archiv/index.htm
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PS> Using Russian for communication w/Archives is strongly advised. I have no idea re cost of such inquiry.
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The Smorgon/Smargon District (or District Center Town) is in Grodno Oblast of Belarus, not in Russia !!! Chernobyl had great impact on this immediate area.

Belarus: Regions, Cities and Villages
http://www.ac.by/country/cities.html

[Edited by hannia on 6th October 2003 at 14:26]