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Gulag a history

The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. These concentration camps held millions of political and criminal prisoners. Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. Applebaum intimately re-creates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history the Soviet Union.

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  • "A fully documented history of the Soviet camp system, from its origins in the Russian Revolution to its collapse in the era of glasnost. [In this volume, the author] first lays out the chronological history of the camps and the logic behind their creation, enlargement, and maintenance. [She] also examines how life was lived within this shadow country: how prisoners worked, how they ate, where they lived, how they died, how they survived. She examines their guards and their jailers, the horrors of transportation in empty cattle cars, the strange nature of Soviet arrests and trials, the impact of World War II, the relations between different national and religious groups, and the escapes, as well as the extraordinary rebellions that took place in the 1950s. She concludes by examining the disturbing question why the Gulag has remained relatively obscure, in the historical memory of both the former Soviet Union and the West."
  • "The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. These concentration camps held millions of political and criminal prisoners. Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. Applebaum intimately re-creates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history the Soviet Union."@en
  • "Washington Post columnist documents the evolution of the Soviet Union's forced labour camp system - from its origins during the Bolshevik Revolution, expansion under Stalin, and its dissolution after the dictator's death. The chronicle also examines the lives of prisoners and the unique society they formed. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2003."@en
  • "Washington Post columnist documents the evolution of the Soviet Union's forced labour camp system - from its origins during the Bolshevik Revolution, expansion under Stalin, and its dissolution after the dictator's death. The chronicle also examines the lives of prisoners and the unique society they formed."
  • "The Gulag -- a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners -- was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. Applebaum intimately re-creates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union."@en
  • "The Gulag, a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners, was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. Applebaum intimately re-creates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the twentieth century."

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