Gulag：A History

The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that heldmillions of political and criminal prisoners--was a system ofrepression and punishment that terrorized the entire society,embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In thismagisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the firstfully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in theRussian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to itscollapse in the era of glasnost. Applebaum intimately re-createswhat life was like in the camps and links them to the largerhistory of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmarkand long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essentialbook for anyone who wishes to understand the history of thetwentieth century.

Anne Applebaum is a columnist and member of the editorial boardof the Washington Post. A graduate of Yale and a MarshallScholar, she has worked as the foreign and deputy editor of theSpectator (London), as the Warsaw correspondent for theEconomist, and as a columnist for the on-line magazineSlate, as well as for several British newspapers. Her workhas also appeared in the New York Review of Books,Foreign Affairs, and the Wall Street Journal,among many other publications. She lives in Washington, D.C., withher husband, Radek Sikorski, and two children.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pt. 1 The Origins of the Gulag, 1917-1939
1 Bolshevik Beginnings 3
2 "The First Camp of the Gulag" 18
3 1929: The Great Turning Point 41
4 The White Sea Canal 58
5 The Camps Expand 73
6 The Great Terror and Its Aftermath 92
Pt. 2 Life and Work in the Camps
7 Arrest 121
8 Prison 146
9 Transport, Arrival, Selection 159
10 Life in the Camps 183
11 Work in the Camps 216
12 Punishment and Reward 242
13 The Guards 256
14 The Prisoners 280
15 Women and Children 307
16 The Dying 334
17 Strategies of Survival 344
18 Rebellion and Escape 390
Pt. 3 The Rise and Fall of The Camp-Industrial Complex, 1940-1986
19 The War Begins 411
20 "Strangers" 420
21 Amnesty - and Afterward 445
22 The Zenith of the Camp-Industrial Complex 460
23 The Death of Stalin 476
24 The Zeks' Revolution 484
25 Thaw - and Release 506
26 The Era of the Dissidents 527
27 The 1980s: Smashing Statues 552
Epilogue: Memory 564
App How Many? 578
Notes 587
Bibliography 637
Glossary 655
Text and Illustration Permissions 659
Index 661