After the closure of the Semipalatinsk labour camp, construction duties were performed by the 217th Separate Engineering and Mining Battalion (who later built the Baikonur Cosmodrome).
Setelah penutupan kamp kerja paksa Semipalatinsk, tugas konstruksi dilakukan oleh Batalyon Teknik dan Pertambangan yang ke 217, yang kemudian membangun Kosmodrom Baikonur).