Kammala wannan jumlar: Hukumomin Soviet sun kafa Vorkuta Gulag a 1932, a wani wuri a cikin kwarin Kogin Pechora, wanda ke cikin Komi ASSR na Russian SFSR (a yau Jamhuriyar Komi, Rasha), kusan daga Moscow da sama da Arctic Circle. An kafa garin Vorkuta don tallafawa sansanin, wanda aka gina don cin gajiyar albarkatun Pechora Coal Basin, na biyu mafi girma a kwarin kwal a Tarayyar Soviet. Akwai kimanin sansanonin 132 a cikin tsarin Vorkuta Gulag a lokacin da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin kurkukun Soviet. Daga 1939, an tsare fursunonin Poland a Vorkuta bayan
Mamayar Poland har zuwa mamayar Jamus ta Tarayyar Soviet a 1941. An kuma yi amfani da Vorkuta don riƙe fursunonin yaƙin Jamus da aka kama a Gabas ta Gabas a Yaƙin Duniya na II da kuma masu laifi, 'yan ƙasar Soviet da waɗanda suka fito daga ƙasashen da ke da alaƙa da Soviet waɗanda aka ɗauka a matsayin masu adawa da abokan gaba na jihar a lokacin zamanin Soviet.