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 |
| Title | Exiled to Stalin's Prisons |
| Author | Albert Pleysier |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University Press of America |
| Year published | 2018-11-09 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
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