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After the Gulag : A History of Memory in Russia's Far North
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After the Gulag : A History of Memory in Russia's Far North / Tyler C. Kirk.
ISBN
9780253067517
9780253067524
9780253067500
9780253067494
Publication
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000
Copyright Notice Date
©[2023]
Physical Description
1 online resource (308 pages).
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Summary
"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. When the Soviet Union collapsed, former prisoners sent their autobiographies to Komi's local branches of the anti-Stalinist Memorial Society and history museums.Utilizing these previously unavailable personal records, alongside newspapers, photographs, interviews, and other non-state archival sources, After the Gulag sheds new light not only on how former prisoners experienced life after release but also how they laid the foundations for the future commemoration of Komi's dark past. Bound by a "camp brotherhood," they used informal social networks to provide mutual support amid state and societal oppression. Decades later, they sought rehabilitation with the help of the newly formed Memorial Society-the civic organization largely responsible for the de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union. In sharing their life stories and family archives with Memorial, they sustained an alternate history of the Soviet Union.Offering an unprecedented look at the legacies of mass repression under Stalin, After the Gulag explores how ordinary political prisoners from across the Soviet Union navigated life after release, using memoirs, letters, and art to translate their experiences and shape the politics of memory in post-Soviet Russia"-- Provided by publisher.
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Project MUSE complete collection 2023.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 14, 2023
Contents
Letters to Syktyvkar Memorial: "Who Will Remember If I Forget?"
The "Brotherhood of Zeks": Constructing Community and Identity through Memoirs
Alternative Forms of Autobiography: Konstantin Ivanov's Letters and Art
"How I Remained a Human Being": Elena Markova's Spiritual Resistance Inside and Outside the Gulag
Local Newspapers and the Production of Cultural Memory in Komi, 1987-2021.
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History.
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