num_pages: 192
description: 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 were not financially self-supporting, as officials, inmates, and propagandists claimed. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Origins of the Gulag: The Soviet Prison Camp System, 1917-1934
titlecomplete: Origins of the Gulag: The Soviet Prison Camp System, 1917-1934
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky