Gulag : a history /

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by Applebaum, Anne,
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : Anchor Books, (New York :) Physical details: xl, 677 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Subject(s): Concentration camps --Soviet Union --History. | Forced labor --Soviet Union --History. | Prisons --Soviet Union --History. | Soviet Union --Politics and government. Year : 2003 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Bluefield High School 365.45 App Available

Originally published: New York : Doubleday, c2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?