Labor Camp Socialism: The Gulag in the Soviet Totalitarian System 0765604272, 9780765604279

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Editor's Introduction
Author's Note to Readers of the English-Language Edition
Preface
Introduction: Courts and Convicts in Tsarist Russia
Chapter 1. Repression and Punishment
Chapter 2. The Camp Economy
Chapter 3. Gulag Personnel
Conclusion: What Was the Gulag?
Afterword
Notes
Index of Personal Names
Index of Camp Names

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LABOR CAMP

SOCIALISM

The New Russian History Series Editor: Donald]. Raleigh, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill This series makes examples of the finest work of the most eminent historians in Russia today available to English-language readers. Each volume has been specially prepared with an international audience in mind, and each is introduced by an outstanding Western scholar in the same field. THE REFORMS OF PETER THE GREAT Progress Through Coercion in Russia

Evgenii V. Anisimov Translated with an introdudion fly John T. Alexander

IN STAUN'S SHADOW The Career of "Sergo" Ordzhonikidze

Oleg V. Khlevniuk Translated fly David Nordlander Edited with an introdudion fly Donald J. Raleigh, with the assistance of Kathy S. Transchel

THE EMPERORS AND EMPRESSES OF RUSSIA Rediscovering the Romanovs Edited fly DonaldJ. Raleigh Compiled fly Akhmed A. Iskenderov WOMAN IN RUSSIAN HISTORY From the Tenth to the Twentieth Century Natalia Pushkareva Translated and edited fly Eve Levin

THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Searching for a Place in the World Aleksandr B. Kamenskii Translated and edited fly David Griffiths

RUSSIA AFTER THE WAR Hopes, Illusions, and Disappointments, 1945-1957 Elena Zubkova Translated and edited fly Hugh Ragsdale

LABOR CAMP SOCIAUSM The Gulag in the Soviet Totalitarian System Galina Mikhailovna Ivanova Edited fly Donald J. Raleigh Translated fly Carol Flath

LABOR CAMP

SOCIALISM THE GULAG IN THE SOVIET TOTALITARIAN SYSTEM

Galina Mikhailovna lvanova

Edited by Donald J. Raleigh Translated by Carol Flath

First published 2000 by M.E. Sharpe Published 2015 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 2000, Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notices No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use of operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Practitioners and researchers must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information, methods, compounds, or experiments described herein. In using such information or methods they should be mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility. Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ivanova, G.M. (Galina Mikhailovna), 1953[Gulag v sisteme totalitamogo gosudarstva. English] Labor camp socialism: the gulag in the Soviet totalitarian system / by Galina Mikhailovna Ivanova ; translated by Carol Flath; edited by Donald J. Raleigh. p. cm. - (The new Russian history) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-7656-0426-4 (cloth: alk. paper) I.Prisons--Russia--History. 2. Prisons--Soviet Union-History. 3. Forced laborRussia--History. 4. Forced labor-Soviet Union-History. 5. Russia--Politics and govemment-1894-1917. 6. Soviet Union--Politics and government. I. Title: Gulag in the Soviet totalitarian system. II. Flath, Carol A. (Carol Apollonio) III. Raleigh, Donald 1. IV. Title. V. Series. HV9712.I94172000 365' .45' 0947--