{"product_id":"the-unknown-gulag-the-lost-world-of-stalins-special-settlements-paperback","title":"The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin's Special Settlements - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynne Viola\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Stalin's most heinous acts was the ruthless repression of millions of peasants in the early 1930s, an act that established the very foundations of the gulag. Solzhenitsyn barely touched upon this brutal episode in his magisterial \u003cem\u003eGulag Archipelago\u003c\/em\u003e and subsequent writers passed over the subject in silence. Now, with the opening of Soviet archives, an entirely new dimension of Stalin's brutality has been uncovered. \u003cem\u003eThe Unknown Gulag\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book in English to explore this untold story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Historian Lynne Viola reveals how, in one of the most egregious episodes of Soviet repression, Stalin drove two million peasants into internal exile, to work as forced laborers. The book shows how entire families were callously thrown out of their homes, banished from their villages, and sent to the icy hinterlands of the Soviet Union, where in the course of a decade, almost a half million would die as a result of disease, starvation, or exhaustion. Drawing on pioneering research in the previously closed archives of the central and provincial Communist Party, the Soviet state, and the secret police, Viola documents the history of this tragic episode. She delves into what long remained an entirely hidden world within the gulag, throwing new light on Stalin's consolidation of power, the rise of the secret police as a state within the state, and the complex workings of the Soviet system. But first and foremost, she movingly captures the day-to-day life of Stalin's first victims, telling the stories of the peasant families who experienced one of the twentieth century's most horrific instances of mass repression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A compelling story of human suffering and survival in Stalin's Soviet Union, here is a new chapter in the history of the gulag, virtually hidden from sight until now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLynne Viola\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Toronto. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Best Sons of the Fatherland\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePeasant Rebels Under Stalin\u003c\/em\u003e, and the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Tragedy of the Soviet Countryside\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.8 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256643510374,"sku":"9780195385090","price":51.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/elB0aGRCNnZrVlZhZlZGejcvcmxHQT09.webp?v=1773737429","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-unknown-gulag-the-lost-world-of-stalins-special-settlements-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}