After the Gulag: A History of Memory in Russia's Far North

by Tyler C Kirk

From 1929 to 1958, hundreds of thousands of prisoners and exiles from across the Soviet Union were sent to the harsh yet resource-rich Komi Republic in Russia's Far North. When the Soviet Union collapsed, former prisoners sent their autobiographies to Komi's local branches of the anti-Stalinist Memorial Society and history museums.

Using these previously unavailable personal records, alongside newspapers, photographs, interviews,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253067499
• ISBN13: 9780253067494
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher