Gulag letters
Emily Johnson has translated and edited a fascinating collection of letters written by Arsenii Formakov, a Latvian Russian poet, novelist, and journalist, during two terms in Soviet labour camps, 1940 to 1947 in Kraslag and 1949 to 1955 in Kamyshlag and Ozerlag. This correspondence, which Formakov mailed home to his family in Riga, provides readers with a first-hand account of the workings of the Soviet penal system and testifies to the hardships of daily life for Latvian prisoners in the Gulag.
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- Full title :Gulag letters / Arsenii Formakov ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Emily D. Johnson.
Summary
Emily Johnson has translated and edited a fascinating collection of letters written by Arsenii Formakov, a Latvian Russian poet, novelist, and journalist, during two terms in Soviet labour camps, 1940 to 1947 in Kraslag and 1949 to 1955 in Kamyshlag and Ozerlag. This correspondence, which Formakov mailed home to his family in Riga, provides readers with a first-hand account of the workings of the Soviet penal system and testifies to the hardships of daily life for Latvian prisoners in the Gulag.
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- Publication Date:©2017
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Yale University Press
- Place of Publication:New Haven
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2017
Notes
Translated from the Russian.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780300228199, 0300228198
- oclc:ocn984692322
- LC Classification:PG3476.F64
- Dewey Decimal:891.71/4
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