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Gulag town, company town: forced labor and its legacy in Vorkuta

2014; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 52; Issue: 05 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.186941

1943-5975

Alan Barenberg,

Soviet and Russian History

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.