When Russians Became Cannibals

“All over the island, one could see human flesh being ripped, cut and hung on trees. Clearings were littered with corpses.”
In May 1933, over 6,000 people who were being deported to Siberia as part of the ongoing reprisals were deposited from barges onto a small uninhabited island on the River Ob in Siberia. Under the watchful eye of their guards, these so-called “socially harmful and declassed elements” of Soviet society were waiting to be sent to special labor camps further east.
For almost a month, they were left to their own devices on a small piece of land with practically no food. It did not take long before some of them crossed the line and began to eat their fellow human beings...
Everyone without distinction
It all started with the Soviet Union’s decision to revive the passport system that was abolished after the 1917 revolution. Back then, the Bolshevik leadership abolished passports as a means of controlling people’s movement inside the country. It was believed that a Soviet person could live and work wherever they liked.
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