Gulag Town, Company Town

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Gulag Town, Company Town

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This insightful volume offers a radical reassessment of the infamous Gulag Archipelago by exploring the history of Vorkuta, an arctic coal-mining outpost originally established in the 1930s as a prison camp complex. Author Alan Barenberg’s eye-opening study reveals Vorkuta as an active urban center with a substantial nonprisoner population where the borders separating camp and city were contested and permeable, enabling prisoners to establish social connections that would eventually aid them in their transitions to civilian life. With this book, Barenberg makes an important historical contribution to our understanding of forced labor in the Soviet Union and its enduring legacy.

SKU: 37801 Category: Tags: ,
Subtitle: Forced Labor and Its Legacy in Vorkuta
Author: Barenberg, Alan
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9780300179446
Pages: 320
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publisher's city: New Haven/London
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