Exiled to Stalin's Prisons by Albert Pleysier

Exiled to Stalin's Prisons by Albert Pleysier

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Zusammenfassung

In this book, Pleysier and Vinogradov explore the question that millions of Soviet citizens asked themselves in the late 1930s and in the years after World War II–“Why have I been exiled to prison?” Through the stories of former prisoners, the reader will understand what it was like as a falsely imprisoned Soviet citizen.

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Exiled to Stalin's Prisons by Albert Pleysier

Why have I been exiled to prison? It was a question millions of Soviet citizens asked themselves in the latter 1930s and in the years that followed World War Two. The charges brought against those who were imprisoned were decided by the State and the time of incarceration was also decided by the State. Urkho Rukhanen was arrested in 1938 and was accused of participating in an anti-Soviet nationalist organization. The accusation was a fabrication. Urkho was declared guilty, was exiled to a prison labor camp and was released in 1946. Sofia Prupis was arrested in 1949. She was accused of being a Trotskyite and a Zionist. The charges brought against her were fabrications. She was declared guilty of treason and given a ten-year sentence. Both Urkho and Sofia are the main subjects in the book.
In this sense, both accounts of imprisonment in the GULAG not only paint harrowing pictures of prison life but clearly show the lasting damage inflicted on those falsely arrested in the Stalin eraPleysier and Vinogradov have provided a valuable service in bringing these testimonies to a wider audience. * European History Quarterly *

Albert Pleysier is professor of history at Piedmont College.

Alexey Vinogradov is the acting chairman of the Research Center for Archeology, Historical Sociology, and Cultural Heritage of the St. Petersburg State University.

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ISBN 13 9780761870395
ISBN 10 0761870393
Titel Exiled to Stalin's Prisons
Autor Albert Pleysier
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag University Press of America
Erscheinungsjahr 2018-11-09
Seitenanzahl 144
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