Gulag

Categories: Social Science
    • Established in 1919Library of Congress: The Gulag
    • Intended for common criminals as well as political and religious dissenters
    • Mostly located in remote areas of Siberia and far North
    • Grew under rule of Joseph Stalin
    • Prisoners often not given enough food or clothing, sometimes physically abusedLibrary of Congress: The Gulag
    • Camp gained significant population in 1930sLibrary of Congress: The Gulag
    • Population reduced after Stalin's deathLibrary of Congress: The Gulag
  • The Gulag was a system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The term originally referred to the government agency that oversaw the camps.
  • Experiences of the Gulag

    Nobel Prize winner and author Alexander Solzhenitsyn described the horrors of the Gulag in his collection of documents entitled The Gulag Archipelago. Solzhenitsyn experienced the savagery of the Gulag, and shocked the world with his writings that outlined his chronicles of the camps.Sky News: Russian Gulag Chronicler Dies (August 4, 2008)
  • On Twitter Powered by Twitter

  • On Twitter Powered by Twitter

  • On Twitter Powered by Twitter

  • On Twitter Powered by Twitter

  • On Twitter Powered by Twitter

  • On Twitter Powered by Twitter

About this page

  • Page Views
    0
What is this?
No one is currently managing this page.

If you would like to apply
to be the manager of this page, please request below.

What is this?
This page currently has no vertical manager.