Gulag Town, Company Town
Alan Barenberg Gulag Town, Company Town Forced Labor and Its Legacy in Vorkuta This insightful volume offers a radical reassessment of the infamous “Gulag Archipelago” by exploring the history of Vorkuta, an arctic coal-mining outpost originally established in the 1930s as a prison camp complex. Author Alan Barenberg’s eye-opening study reveals Vorkuta as an active urban center with a substantial nonprisoner population where the...
Book talk
Book Talk: “Gulag Town, Company Town Forced Labor and Its Legacy in Vorkuta” Wednesday, March 25, 2015 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Cosponsored by Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy Program What was the relationship between the Gulag and Soviet society? What was the legacy of Stalin’s massive system of forced labor? This talk will explore answers to these questions using the case of Vorkuta, one of the Soviet...
