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Gulag
- A History
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 27 hrs and 41 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 2004
The Gulag - a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners - was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost.
Applebaum intimately recreates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the 20th century.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-08-2020
Simply brilliant
I’m almost lost for words when writing this.
The book is just so profound and raw.
An absolutely I credible piece of history literature, exploring not only the gulags and the Soviets, but humanity at its core.
I cannot recommend this book enough
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- Emanuel Eliot Blake
- 03-06-2021
Wonderful book, dreary narration
This is a gripping, immaculately researched and beautifully written book. Sadly, the narration is extremely flat and the narrator seems to pause before every Russian place and name, which is extremely disconcerting. I'm very glad I finished the book, but it was definitely a struggle to keep going at times simply because of the narration. My family would always complain when I put it on because it was so irritating to listen to.
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- Darryl Baker
- 07-07-2023
Captivating - a warning for Biden's America
History must be freely and impartially debated. Today the West political class is attempting to proscribe the truth. Lindsey Graham saying"..Russians dying, is the best money spent.? The concept of two Russian classes as exampled by the 2 entrapenurs conversation is equivalenced in the West it is not unique to Russia. Perhaps the anslysis is as simple as, if you allow you democracy to be chipped away, as in America now, people, in their own self interest will attatch themselver to the powerbase which will be encouraged to take more power and keep it.
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