Death and Redemption

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Barnes, Steven Anthony.

Death and redemption : the Gulag and the shaping of Soviet society / Steven A. Barnes.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-691-15108-3 (hardcover : acid-free paper) —

ISBN 978-0-691-15112-0 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

1. Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitel’no-trudovykh lagerei OGPU—History. 2. GULag NKVD—History. 3. Concentration camps—Soviet Union—History. 4. Concentration camps—Social aspects—Soviet Union—History. 5. Prisons—Soviet Union—History. 6. Prisons—Social aspects—Soviet Union—History. 7. Political prisoners—Soviet Union—Social conditions. 8. Prisoners—Soviet Union—Social conditions. 9. Forced labor—Social aspects—Soviet Union—History. 10. Soviet Union—Social conditions. I. Title.

HV9712.B27 2011
365'.4509470904—dc22 2010047824

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