Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum

Gulag: A History

Anne Applebaum

610 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced

Description

The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners--was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this...

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