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The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners--was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this... [ More...]
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Known to most as a realm of exile and labor camps, Siberia is also one of the world's wealthiest resource bases. This harsh, vast land constitutes nearly three-quarters of Russia's territory, yet after four centuries of Slavic migration and procreation, it... [ More...]
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Few political lives have been as dramatic, or as marked by sudden changes of fortune, as that of Janos Kadar. Was Kadar—Hungary's communist leader from 1956 to 1988—an ambitious, ruthless party functionary or a tragic visionary? In this, the... [ More...]
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Announced previously as "A Global Brothel" and "Poverty and Chaos"In the 1990s the former states of the Soviet Union underwent dramatic and revolutionary changes. As a result of enforced, neo-liberal reforms the fledgling republics were exposed to the... [ More...]
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Announced previously as "A Global Brothel" and "Poverty and Chaos"In the 1990s the former states of the Soviet Union underwent dramatic and revolutionary changes. As a result of enforced, neo-liberal reforms the fledgling republics were exposed to the... [ More...]
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Language:
Russian
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