Gulag Town, Company Town

Forced Labor and Its Legacy in Vorkuta

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Penology, History, Asian, Russia, Modern, 20th Century
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Author: Alan Barenberg ISBN: 9780300206821
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: August 26, 2014
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Alan Barenberg
ISBN: 9780300206821
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: August 26, 2014
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English
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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.
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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.

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