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The day will pass away : the diary of a Gulag prison guard, 1935-1936

The day will pass away : the diary of a Gulag prison guard, 1935-1936

Chistyakov, Ivan, author.
Book 2017

"Originally written in a couple of humble exercise books, which were anonymously donated to the Memorial Human Rights Centre in Moscow, this remarkable diary is one of the few first-person accounts to survive the sprawling Soviet prison system. At the back of these exercise books, there is a blurred snapshot and a note, "Chistyakov, Ivan Petrovich, repressed in 1937-38. Killed at the front in Tula Province in 1941." This is all that remains of Iv...

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ISBN:
9781681774602
Edition:
First Pegasus books hardcover edition
Description:
xxxiv, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Other Title:
Sibirskoĭ dal'neĭ storonoĭ. English
Notes:
Translation of: Sibirskoĭ dal'neĭ storonoĭ
Original Russian language edition published in 2014
In English, translated from Russian
Contents:
Introduction
The diary of a Gulag prision guard
Translator's note
Appendix. Rebels ; Shock workers ; The hunt
Memorial International Humane Rights Society, Moscow, and the preservation of historical memory
LCCN:
2017276182
Control Number:
3052603
Other Authors:
Shcherbakova, I. I. (Irina I.), writer of supplementary textual content
Tait, A. L., translator
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