Book of Memory to the honour of the victims of political repression in the Republic of Khakassia. Volume 1
Comparison chart
Conditions of detention in Tsarist and Stalinist penal camps*
| Tsarist penal camp | Stalinist penal camp |
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Daily food norm |
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| Standard for all prisoners, independent of the fulfilled job norm | Upon fulfilling of 90-100% of the job norm |
| Rye bread – 819 g | Rye bread – 750 g |
| Meat – 106 g | Meat – 21 g |
| Filletted bacon – 21,6 g | Vegetable fat – 9 g |
| Pearl barley – 50 g | Groats – 80 g |
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Holidays (leave) |
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| All Sundays and orthodox holidays | No holidays |
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Duration of a work day |
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| In the summer – 11 hours | Throughout the whole year — 11,5 hours |
| In the winter – 7 hours (with a 2 hours‘ break) | |
| Off the hours of work, the convicts are kept under lock and key and chained | The same but without chains |
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Exchange of letters |
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| Letters are controlled, no limitations apart from that | Any contact to the outside world is forbidden |
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Reduction of the term of detention |
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| Possible reduction of the term of detention due to good conduct as per Law dated the 31.07.1870, the detainee is allowed to apply for his transfer into the status of a settler and take in his family after having served part of his sentence. | No liberizations envisaged |
* Taken from materials of the Museum of Local Lore of the Republic of Khakassi