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 […]
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 II: The Central Archives
Yesterday we presented part 1 in a 5 part series about The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin’s Special Settlements by Lynn Viola. Today Viola takes us inside the archives in Moscow.
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.