Part I : Origins of the Gulag, 1917-1939
Bolshevik beginnings ; First camp of the Gulag ; 1929 : the great turning point ; White Sea Canal ; Camps expand ; Great Terror and its aftermath
Part II : Life and work in the camps
Arrest ; Prison ; Transport, arrival, selection ; Life in the camps ; Work in the camps ; Punishment and reward ; Guards ; Prisoners ; Women and children ; Dying ; Strategies of survival ; Rebellion and escape
Part III : Rise and fall of the camp-industrial complex, 1940-1986
War begins ; Strangers ; Amnesty
and afterward ; Zenith of the camp-industrial complex ; Death of Stalin ; Zeks' revolution ; Thaw
and release ; Era of the dissidents ; 1980s : smashing statues
From the Book - 1st Anchor Books ed.
Part one: The Origins of the Gulag, 1917-1939 --
The First camp of the Gulag --
1929, the great turning point --
The Great terror, and its aftermath --
Part two: Life and work in the camps --
Transport, arrival, selection -- t Life in the camps --
Strategies of survival --
Part three: The Rise and fall of the camp-industrial complex, 1940-1986 --
The Zenith of the camp-industrial comples --
The Era of the dissidents --
The 1980s: smashing statues --