Things happened. Lessons were learned. Those responsible were taken outside and shot.
Prisoners in the Gulag were allowed to write home regularly. And while they hid some of the worst abuses, they did reveal fascinating details about the despair (and movie night).
In letters from Stalin's labor camps, a window into Soviet political oppression
The recently translated letters of Latvian poet and journalist Arsenii Formakov depict everyday life - and suffering - in the Gulag.
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