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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: The Archipelago emerged with the October Revolution, expanded out from Solovki prison, and firmly solidified after World War II.
Chapter 2: You arrive at the Archipelago by getting arrested by the Organs.
Chapter 3: Gulag interrogations were routinely carried out with violence and torture.
Chapter 4: Sealed steel vessels traveled between the ports of the Archipelago.
Chapter 5: The life lived by the Archipelago’s natives was one of work, starvation, and death alone.
Chapter 6: The Archipelago cast up loyal communists, women, and even children.
Chapter 7: All the prison camp labor was futile; ultimately, the Archipelago produced only corrupted souls instead.
Chapter 8: There were committed escapees and others who wished to recount Archipelago life to the world.
Chapter 9: Prisoners were “released” from the Archipelago into exile, and with Stalin’s death, the Archipelago sank beneath the waters once again.
Description
The Gulag Archipelago (1973) is a literary chronicle of the Soviet work camps known as gulags, which existed between the years 1918–56. Drawing from his own experience as a prisoner, as well as the reports, memoirs and letters of hundreds of others, author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn provides a chilling account of the constant dread and horror of life in the gulags, while also charting the psychology and organization behind the government-sanctioned prison system.
Who Should Listen
- Students of Soviet history
- Advocates and critics of communism
- Freedom fighters