The grim episode has been compared to a more infamous “road of bones,” a 1,250 mile highway in Kolyma, Siberia, built by gulag laborers in the 1930s, at the height of the USSR.

The story of Russia's "road of bones" casts a focal point on the brutality of the Stalin-era Soviet regime in a way that puts the automobile front and center.

The discovery attracted comparisons to another road of bones – the 1,250-mile Kolyma highway in Siberia that was built by gulag labourers during Stalin’s rule.

At the end of the Road of Bones. Jan 07 2014 ... Prisoners were often shipped across Russia by train to Vladivostok on the Sea of Japan and crammed in ships that traveled north up the coast to the ...

The Road of Bones, as the highway is commonly called, winds its way through the vast and desolate landscapes of Siberia, Russia. This highway is made of the bones of up to one million human beings.

Russia's "Gold Rush" was different from California's. Here in the frozen wastes of the Far East the prospectors were slaves, prisoners worked to death on what became known as the "Road of Bones".

The remains included various bones and human skulls, according to reports. View image in full screen A skull is shown in the sand of a road in Kirensk, Siberia, Russia.