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A Look Back at 2007

A look back at the great posts of 2007.

The Unknown Gulag
Part V: Another Source: The Survivors’ Testimony

Lynne Viola’s final post about her research for her book.

The Unknown Gulag
Part IV: Why did the Soviets Document their Crimes?

Everyday this week we are posting part of a series from author Lynne Viola, The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin’s Special Settlements. Check out part one and part two and part three.
Luck and serendipity combined to provide unique and rich sources for the book. I was continually amazed at the degree of detail [...]

The Unknown Gulag
Part III: The Provincial Archives

I read of the Regional Party Committee’s plans to feed the exiles’ families (including some 88,000 children) according to “starvation norms.”

The Unknown Gulag
Part I: Looking for the Kulaks

Stalin’s reign over the Soviet Union has left many unanswered questions but in The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin’s Special Settlements Lynne Viola answers one: what happened to millions of peasants in the 1930’s.

Friday Procrastination

An A-Z list of books to read.

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