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Gulag

Door Tomasz Kizny

Categorie
Geschiedenis Rusland
Boeknummer
#422375-AD31
Titel
Gulag
Auteur
Kizny, Tomasz
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
Jaar van uitgave
2004
ISBN10
1552979644
ISBN13
9781552979648
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original blind stamped grey cloth, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous photographs in b/w, large 4to.
Samenvatting
A historic photographic record of the Soviet Gulag and its legacy. The Gulag was a network of labor camps and penal colonies run by the Soviet security organizations. While forced labor and internal exile had a long history in Russia, the Gulag evolved into a devastating tool of political suppression and massive industrial production. From the early years of the Revolution to the final years of the USSR, millions labored and perished within this system. Gulag covers the history of the Gulag with incredible essays and firsthand narratives by former prisoners. The text is accompanied by photographs provided by the prisoners, survivor groups and state archives as well as contemporary photographs that show the camps as they look now. Each chapter covers a key camp or work project of the Soviet... (Lees verder) penal-industrial complex: Solovki, the monastery that was the birthplace of the Gulag system The White Sea Canal Vaigach, the doomed humane camp The Theater in the Gulag Kolyma, the deadly Siberian gold rush Vorkuta, coal mining above the Arctic Circle The Railroad of Death Each chapter has: A concise introductory essay Formerly banned and previously unpublished archival photographs Detailed chronology of the camp Prisoners' accounts of life and death in the camps and colonies Contemporary photographs Accounts of survivors some of whom still live near their former camp or colony. Gulag is a remarkable pictorial history of a harrowing era of the twentieth century.
Pagina's
495
Conditie
Goed — Small tear bottom spine, and edge, dust jacket repaired with tape; top corners dust jacket worn; name and year on first free endpaper.
Prijs
€ 25,00

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