The White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal (
Russian: Belomorsko-Baltiyskiy Kanal; BBK), is a
ship canal that joins the
White Sea and the
Baltic Sea near
St. Petersburg. Its original name was (until 1961) Belomorsko-Baltiyskiy Kanal imeni Stalina ("
Stalin White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal"), and it is known under the abbreviation Belomorkanal. During its construction, an estimated 100,000
gulag prisoners died (although various estimates have placed the figure at both significantly higher and lower casualties). The canal was opened on
August 2,
1933.
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