The Gulag Archipelago By Aleksandr I Solzhenitsyn

1974 Paperback 1st Edition

Harper & Row

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Russian History

The Gulag Archipelago is a monumental, three-volume masterpiece written by Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn to expose the vast network of forced labor camps and prisons that operated in the Soviet Union. Written in secret between 1958 and 1968, the work weaves together Solzhenitsyn’s firsthand experiences with historical data and the testimonies of over 200 other survivors. Its publication in the West in 1973 shattered global perceptions of Soviet communism, acting as a turning point in 20th-century political history.