The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 Vol. 2 : An Experiment in Literary Investigation
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (584 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0002622548 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 231 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | Russian |
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 An Experiment in Literary Investigation III-IV Volume 2 (Two)
A Gulag Mini-Encyclopedia. Debunks Gulag Whitewashes Jan Peczkis There is so much here about Russian history, Soviet thinking and policies, and the situation inside the Gulags. Because there are so many topics and issues raised in this combined volume, I will elaborate on only a few of them.Solzhenitsyn rarely mentions Gulag Poles in this set of volumes. In one year, 2,100 Zolotisty Polish inmates had been reduced to 168 survivors (p. 131).The Soviet concentration camps have sometimes been favorably compared to the Nazi German ones by western liberals. We hear, for instance, that at least the children were well treated. Tell