Origins of the gulag : the Soviet prison camp system, 1917-1934 / Michael Jakobson.

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Jakobson, Michael [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780813161389

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HV9712 .O754 2015

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Subject: A vast network of prison camps was an essential part of the Stalinist system. Conditions in the camps were brutal, life expectancy short. At their peak, they housed millions, and hardly an individual in the Soviet Union remained untouched by their tentacles. Michael Jakobson's is the first study to examine the most crucial period in the history of the camps: from the October Revolution of 1917, when the tsarist prison system was destroyed to October 1934, when all places of confinement were consolidated under one agency --

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; 1. The Imperial Russian Prison System; 2. The Bolshevik Judicial System, 1917-1922; 3. The NKIU's Rise to Power; 4. Reeducation versus Financial Self-Sufficiency; 5. The NKVD Monopoly, 1922-1930; 6. The NKIU's Last Chance, 1930-1932; 7. The CUITU under Siege, 1932-1934; 8. The CPU-OCPU Places of Confinement, 1922-1928; 9. The OGPU during Collectivization and Industrialization; Conclusion; Appendix. The Major Agencies in Brief; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M.

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A vast network of prison camps was an essential part of the Stalinist system. Conditions in the camps were brutal, life expectancy short. At their peak, they housed millions, and hardly an individual in the Soviet Union remained untouched by their tentacles. Michael Jakobson's is the first study to examine the most crucial period in the history of the camps: from the October Revolution of 1917, when the tsarist prison system was destroyed to October 1934, when all places of confinement were consolidated under one agency --

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