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The Resource Gulag boss : a Soviet memoir, by Fyodor Vasilevich Mochulsky ; translated and edited by Deborah Kaple

Gulag boss : a Soviet memoir, by Fyodor Vasilevich Mochulsky ; translated and edited by Deborah Kaple

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The searing accounts of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Evgeniia Ginsberg and Varlam Shalamov opened the world's eyes to the terrors of the Soviet Gulag. But not until now has there been a memoir of life inside the camps written from the perspective of an actual employee of the Secret police. In this riveting memoir, superbly translated by Deborah Kaple, Fyodor Mochulsky describes being sent to work as a boss at the forced labor camp of Pechorlag in the frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle. Only twenty-two years old, he had but a vague idea of the true nature of the Gulag. What he discovered was a
Language
  • eng
  • rus
  • eng
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1 online resource (xxxvii, 229 pages)
Contents
  • pt. 1. Gulag from the outside
  • The NKVD : villain or protector?
  • First acquaintance with Gulag NKVD : meeting at the Central Committee of the CPSU
  • Meeting in the Cadres Department of Gulag NKVD
  • 45 Days to Pechorlag
  • pt. 2. Gulag from the inside
  • At the Construction Administration
  • Unit foreman, first contingent of prisoners : Soviet volunteer ski troops in the Finnish War
  • The unit bosses
  • A change in leadership at Pechorlag
  • Transferred to the 93rd Unit, labor force : hardened criminals
  • Attempted prisoner revolt in the 93rd Unit
  • Boss and foreman at the 93rd Unit, labor force : political prisoners
  • Threat of arrest
  • The war
  • Illness
  • Recovery and return to work in the southern part of the camp
  • Boss of a militarized section, labor force : captured German prisoners of war
  • Boss of a railway division, labor force : professional railwaymen
  • The "liberated" secretary of the Communist Youth Organization
  • Fascist military landing force
  • Deputy boss in the Political Department for Komsomol work at the NKVD's Road Building Camp No. 3
  • pt. 3. Interesting asides
  • Some railroad recollections
  • Peschanka, a village of de-kulakized people on the River Pechora
  • The countryside of Komi on the River Usa
  • Women at Pechorlag
  • A fellow traveler from Abez to Pechora
  • pt. 4. Final words
  • The end of my story
  • The real essence of the Gulag
  • Afterword: The nature of memoir
  • Appendix 1: Pretexts for arrest during the Stalin period
  • Appendix 2: Article 58 of the RSFSR Criminal Code
  • Appendix 3: Glossary
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9780199753284
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Gulag boss : a Soviet memoir
Title
Gulag boss
Title remainder
a Soviet memoir
Statement of responsibility
by Fyodor Vasilevich Mochulsky ; translated and edited by Deborah Kaple
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Language
  • eng
  • rus
  • eng
Summary
The searing accounts of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Evgeniia Ginsberg and Varlam Shalamov opened the world's eyes to the terrors of the Soviet Gulag. But not until now has there been a memoir of life inside the camps written from the perspective of an actual employee of the Secret police. In this riveting memoir, superbly translated by Deborah Kaple, Fyodor Mochulsky describes being sent to work as a boss at the forced labor camp of Pechorlag in the frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle. Only twenty-two years old, he had but a vague idea of the true nature of the Gulag. What he discovered was a
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1919-1999
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Mochulsky, Fyodor Vasilevich
Dewey number
365/.45092
Index
index present
LC call number
DK268.M59
LC item number
A3 2010eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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Kaple, Deborah A
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  • Mochulsky, Fyodor Vasilevich
  • Soviet Union
  • Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitelʹno-trudovykh lagereĭ OGPU
  • Prisons
  • Soviet Union
  • Internment camps
  • Political prisoners
  • Political prisoners
  • Forced labor
  • Pechora River Region (Russia)
  • Mochulsky, Fyodor Vasilevich
  • Mochulsky, Fyodor V
  • Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitelʹno-trudovykh lagereĭ OGPU
  • Soviet Union
  • Internierungslager Évaux-les-Bains
  • Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Concentration camps
  • Employees
  • Forced labor
  • Political prisoners
  • Prisons
  • Russia (Federation)
  • Soviet Union
  • Lagerkommandant
  • Arbeitslager
  • Sowjetunion
  • Arbetsläger
  • Tvångsarbete
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Gulag boss : a Soviet memoir, by Fyodor Vasilevich Mochulsky ; translated and edited by Deborah Kaple
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-225) and index
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Contents
pt. 1. Gulag from the outside -- The NKVD : villain or protector? -- First acquaintance with Gulag NKVD : meeting at the Central Committee of the CPSU -- Meeting in the Cadres Department of Gulag NKVD -- 45 Days to Pechorlag -- pt. 2. Gulag from the inside -- At the Construction Administration -- Unit foreman, first contingent of prisoners : Soviet volunteer ski troops in the Finnish War -- The unit bosses -- A change in leadership at Pechorlag -- Transferred to the 93rd Unit, labor force : hardened criminals -- Attempted prisoner revolt in the 93rd Unit -- Boss and foreman at the 93rd Unit, labor force : political prisoners -- Threat of arrest -- The war -- Illness -- Recovery and return to work in the southern part of the camp -- Boss of a militarized section, labor force : captured German prisoners of war -- Boss of a railway division, labor force : professional railwaymen -- The "liberated" secretary of the Communist Youth Organization -- Fascist military landing force -- Deputy boss in the Political Department for Komsomol work at the NKVD's Road Building Camp No. 3 -- pt. 3. Interesting asides -- Some railroad recollections -- Peschanka, a village of de-kulakized people on the River Pechora -- The countryside of Komi on the River Usa -- Women at Pechorlag -- A fellow traveler from Abez to Pechora -- pt. 4. Final words -- The end of my story -- The real essence of the Gulag -- Afterword: The nature of memoir -- Appendix 1: Pretexts for arrest during the Stalin period -- Appendix 2: Article 58 of the RSFSR Criminal Code -- Appendix 3: Glossary
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1 online resource (xxxvii, 229 pages)
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9780199753284
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9786612768842
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276884
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Gulag boss : a Soviet memoir, by Fyodor Vasilevich Mochulsky ; translated and edited by Deborah Kaple
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-225) and index
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online resource
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  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
pt. 1. Gulag from the outside -- The NKVD : villain or protector? -- First acquaintance with Gulag NKVD : meeting at the Central Committee of the CPSU -- Meeting in the Cadres Department of Gulag NKVD -- 45 Days to Pechorlag -- pt. 2. Gulag from the inside -- At the Construction Administration -- Unit foreman, first contingent of prisoners : Soviet volunteer ski troops in the Finnish War -- The unit bosses -- A change in leadership at Pechorlag -- Transferred to the 93rd Unit, labor force : hardened criminals -- Attempted prisoner revolt in the 93rd Unit -- Boss and foreman at the 93rd Unit, labor force : political prisoners -- Threat of arrest -- The war -- Illness -- Recovery and return to work in the southern part of the camp -- Boss of a militarized section, labor force : captured German prisoners of war -- Boss of a railway division, labor force : professional railwaymen -- The "liberated" secretary of the Communist Youth Organization -- Fascist military landing force -- Deputy boss in the Political Department for Komsomol work at the NKVD's Road Building Camp No. 3 -- pt. 3. Interesting asides -- Some railroad recollections -- Peschanka, a village of de-kulakized people on the River Pechora -- The countryside of Komi on the River Usa -- Women at Pechorlag -- A fellow traveler from Abez to Pechora -- pt. 4. Final words -- The end of my story -- The real essence of the Gulag -- Afterword: The nature of memoir -- Appendix 1: Pretexts for arrest during the Stalin period -- Appendix 2: Article 58 of the RSFSR Criminal Code -- Appendix 3: Glossary
Control code
670235552
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unknown
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1 online resource (xxxvii, 229 pages)
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unknown
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online
Isbn
9780199753284
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
Other control number
9786612768842
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276884
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(OCoLC)670235552

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