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Summary:

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.

Author/Creator:

Barenberg, Alan , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The Gulag: a very short introduction [by Barenberg, A.]

Related Series:

Very short introductions

Subjects:

Internment camps — Soviet Union

Mass incarceration — Soviet Union

Forced labor — Soviet Union

Political prisoners — Soviet Union

Internment camps

Mass incarceration

Forced labor

Political prisoners

Soviet Union

General Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on December 1, 2023).

Audience:

Specialized.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Call Numbers:

HV8964.S65 B3 2024eb

ISBNs:

9780197548257 (ebook)
9780197548226 (print) [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1093/actrade/9780197548226.001.0001

OCLC Numbers:

1411224529
9780197548257 [Invalid]