Origins of the gulag : the Soviet prison camp system, 1917-1934
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Origins of the gulag : the Soviet prison camp system, 1917-1934
University Press of Kentucky, c1993
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Traces the development of the Soviet prison camp system from the October Revolution until it was unified under a single agency, GULAG, in 1934. Considers the organizational structures, relations between competing agencies, official views of crime and punishment, and other factors. Argues that they w
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