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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... read more
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In the years 1917, two waves of revolution rolled across Russia, sweeping Imperial Russian society aside as if it were destroying so many houses of cards.
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Authors & Contributors
- Anne Applebaum (Author)
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize (2004: General Nonfiction)
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