Gulag : a history

Applebaum, Anne 1964- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0767900561 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xl, 677 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports ; 24 cm.
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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?