num_pages: 678
description: The Gulag—a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners—was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. Applebaum intimately re-creates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the twentieth century.
language: English
title: Gulag
titlecomplete: Gulag
genres: Historical, History, World History, Russia, War, European History, Politics, Russian History, Soviet Union, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 11227
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Mark Lynton History Prize, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Duff Cooper Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Anchor Books