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The Gulag after Stalin: Redefining Punishment in Khrushchev's Soviet Union, 1953-1964
Journal of Modern History. 2018. Vol. 90. No. 2. P. 498–500.
Viola L. A.
Review of books:
The Soviet Gulag: Evidence, Interpretation, and Comparison. Edited by Michael David-Fox. Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Edited by Jonathan Harris. Kritika Historical Studies. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016.
The Gulag after Stalin: Redefining Punishment in Khrushchev’s Soviet Union, 1953–1964. By Jeffrey S. Hardy. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2016.
Priority areas:
humanitarian
Language:
English
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