| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xl, 677 p. : ill., maps, ports ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I : Origins of the Gulag, 1917-1939 -- Bolshevik beginnings ; First camp of the Gulag ; 1929 : the great turning point ; White Sea Canal ; Camps expand ; Great Terror and its aftermath -- Part II : Life and work in the camps -- Arrest ; Prison ; Transport, arrival, selection ; Life in the camps ; Work in the camps ; Punishment and reward ; Guards ; Prisoners ; Women and children ; Dying ; Strategies of survival ; Rebellion and escape -- Part III : Rise and fall of the camp-industrial complex, 1940-1986 -- War begins ; Strangers ; Amnesty--and afterward ; Zenith of the camp-industrial complex ; Death of Stalin ; Zeks' revolution ; Thaw--and release ; Era of the dissidents ; 1980s : smashing statues -- Epilogue : Memory -- Appendix : How many? |
| Summary |
A fully documented history of the Soviet camp system, from its origins in the Russian Revolution to its collapse in the era of glasnost. Anne Applebaum first lays out the chronological history of the camps and the logic behind their creation, enlargement, and maintenance. |
| Subject |
Internment camps -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Forced labor -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Prisons -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government.
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| ISBN |
0767900561 (alk. paper) |
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