Gulag Town, Company Town : Forced Labor and Its Legacy in Vorkuta /
Barenberg, Alan, author.
'Gulag Town, Company Town' examines the history of Vorkuta, an arctic coal-mining outpost that was built in the 1930s as one of the most notorious prison camp complexes in the Soviet Union. But Vorkuta was not just a camp; it was also a Soviet city, with a substantial non-prisoner population and urban spaces. This book questions the idea that the Gulag was an 'archipelago' separated from Soviet society at large. Instead, it examines camp and city together, looking at the interrelationships between them.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Gulag Town, Company Town' examines the history of Vorkuta, an arctic coal-mining outpost that was built in the 1930s as one of the most notorious prison camp complexes in the Soviet Union. But Vorkuta was not just a camp; it was also a Soviet city, with a substantial non-prisoner population and urban spaces. This book questions the idea that the Gulag was an 'archipelago' separated from Soviet society at large. Instead, it examines camp and city together, looking at the interrelationships between them.
Includes index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Vorkuta (Komi, Russia : Concentration camp)
Forced labor
Labor camps
Prisons
Coal mines and mining