Ivan Denisovich

Days and Lives takes you inside the brutal system of forced labor concentration camps and the internal exile institution called the Gulag. 

Remembering the Soviet State: Kulak Children and Dekulakisation

Abstract
When analysing dekulakisation little attention has been paid to the fact that almost 40% of the total
number of the deported were children younger than 16 years of age. By examining the experiences of a
small number of kulak children this article discusses various strategies of surviving. When unravelling
their childhood experiences, kulak children tend to dwell on their suffering and victimisation. The
findings of this article are, nonetheless, that kulak children were much more than passive victims—in
fact they actively took an enormous responsibility for their own survival.

Hero of a Dark Century

Abstract
The article profiles author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The response to the publication of Solzhenitsyn's novel "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," in November 1962 by leader Nikita Khrushchev ...

Stalin's Slave Ships: Kolyma, the Gulag Fleet, and the Role of the West

Synopsis
Between 1932 and 1953, a fleet of ordinary cargo ships was pressed into extraordinary service. The fleet's task was to relocate approximately one-million forced laborers to the Soviet Gulag in Kolyma, located along the Arctic Circle in far northeastern Siberia. Bollinger presents the often-horrific stories of the Gulag fleet and its passengers and reveals the unwitting role of the United States government in the operation.

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