| Description |
ix, 238 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN |
9781785339271 hardback |
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1785339273 hardback |
| ISBN/ISSN |
40028511021 |
| Note |
"Polish-language edition, ©2012 Universitas, originally published by Universitas as Pamięć Gułagu." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Solovetsky Islands -- The Komi Republic -- Perm Krai -- Kolyma. |
| Summary |
Though the institution of the Gulag was nominally closed over half a decade ago, it lives on as an often hotly contested site of memory in the post-socialist era. This ethnographic study takes a holistic, comprehensive approach to understanding memories of the Gulag, and particularly the language of commemoration that surrounds it in present-day Russian society. It focuses on four regions of particular historical significance-the Solovetsky Islands, the Komi Republic, the Perm region, and Kolyma-to carefully explore how memories become a social phenomenon, how objects become heritage, and how the human need to create places of memory has preserved the Gulag in specific ways today. |
| Library Class |
Sov Stud F590
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| Subject |
Concentration camps -- Soviet Union.
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Political prisoners -- Soviet Union.
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Memorialization -- Russia (Federation)
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