Lesoreid uprising information

The Lesoreid uprising
Location Vorkutlag, lagpunkt Result Lesoreid rebels defeated
Belligerents
Red Army Prison Guards NKVD VOKhR	Camp prisoners, Lesoreid rebels, Mark Retyunin, Non-prisoners
Casualties and losses
33 killed, 20 wounded, 52 frostbitten	42 killed, 50 sentenced to execution, 18 sentenced to prison terms

The Ust-Usa prisoner uprising also known as the Retyunin's revolt or the Lesoreid uprising was an uprising of prisoners at the Lesoreid subcamp of Vorkutlag near the village of Ust-Usa [ru] (Ust-Udinsky District, Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic), which took place at the beginning of 1942. The leader of the uprising was the head of the camp, a former prisoner himself, Mark Retyunin [ru]. The first armed uprising in the Soviet camp system (GULAG) began on January 24, 1942, and lasted ten days. During the confrontation, 75 rebels and NKVD employees were killed; 50 rebels were sentenced to capital punishment.