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Subject(s)

• Internment camps—Soviet Union [Browse]
• Mass incarceration—Soviet Union [Browse]
• Forced labor—Soviet Union [Browse]
• Political prisoners—Soviet Union [Browse]
• GULag NKVD [Browse]

Series

Very short introductions. [More in this series]

Summary note

A vast system of prisons, camps, and exile settlements, the Gulag was one of the defining attributes of the Stalinist Soviet Union and one of the most heinous examples of mass incarceration in the twentieth century. It combined a standard prison system with the goal of isolating and punishing alleged enemies of the Soviet regime. More than 25 million people passed through the Gulag from its creation in 1930 to its dismantling in the 1950s. By presenting both the everyday experiences of ordinary prisoners and the overall political and economic background of the system, this book offers a succinct and comprehensive study of the Gulag and its legacy in the former USSR.

Notes

Also issued in print: 2024.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on December 1, 2023).

ISBN

0-19-754825-3

OCLC

1411224529

Doi

• 10.1093/actrade/9780197548226.001.0001

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