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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Anne Applebaum |
| ISBN: | 1400034094 9781400034093 |
| OCLC Number: | 55203139 |
| Notes: | Originally published: New York : Doubleday, c2003. |
| Description: | xl, 677 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Part one: The Origins of the Gulag, 1917-1939 -- Bolshevik beginnings -- The First camp of the Gulag -- 1929, the great turning point -- The White Sea canal -- The Camps expand -- The Great terror, and its aftermath -- Part two: Life and work in the camps -- Arrest -- Prison -- Transport, arrival, selection -- t Life in the camps -- Work in the camps -- Punishment and reward -- The Guards -- The Prisoners -- Women and children -- The Dying -- Strategies of survival -- Rebellion and escape -- Part three: The Rise and fall of the camp-industrial complex, 1940-1986 -- The War begins -- Strangers -- Amnesty-and afterward -- The Zenith of the camp-industrial comples -- The Death of Stalin -- The Zeks' revolution -- Thaw - and release -- The Era of the dissidents -- The 1980s: smashing statues -- Epilogue: Memory -- Appendix: How many? |
| Responsibility: | Anne Applebaum. |
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