I've been interested in this topic for a while, and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction. I'm looking for a more historical view of the topic than a narrative. Thanks in advance.
I've been interested in this topic for a while, and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction. I'm looking for a more historical view of the topic than a narrative. Thanks in advance.
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I'm not entirely sure that this is what your aiming for, but the Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn covers the prison camps of the Soviet Union.
Also One Day in a Life of Ivan Denisovich by Solzhenitsyn.
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
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That's fiction. If you want to include fiction, then almost anything by Solzhenitsyn passes muster ("The First Circle" was also superb!)Originally Posted by bazarov
While Solzhenitsyn is fiction, considering his background in the area and how travel-log the plots are (I mean, it's called "One Day in the Life"), I think it's a pretty good reference on how it really was.
As suggested, "The Gulag Archipelago" by Solzhenitsyn would be an obvious choice.
Be aware that it is a long read.
Another good choice is Victor Herman's "Coming Out of the Ice".
Gilliatt
No, that's not a fiction. If you have just read the book without knowing any historical background then it could be fiction; otherwise it's great historical view on life in Gulag.
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
If you need me urgent, send me a PM
What a wonderful Borgesian conceit. I would like to bring Ivan to life by reading a history of the Russian people...
Umm, there's a word for that. It's called "historical fiction." Fiction based in a time, about a time, with real events woven in with fictional people.
The Notebooks of Sologdin
The House of the Dead by Dostoevsky isn't Soviet but it's a fascinating fictionalized account of his time in a Siberian prison.
The notebooks if by far the best book.
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