Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Isolated in a frozen lake, Pyatak—Russia’s Alcatraz—holds the nation’s most dangerous criminals. From monastery to gulag to modern prison, it's a fortress where time, not torture, breaks men.

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00:00 Introduction
01:18 The Island of Fire
07:54 Post-Communism
13:39 Life Inside
20:04 Work and Human Dignity