Lessons from the Gulag? Enemies of the people had entrepreneurial spirit
A study mapping the link between gulags and regional growth in Russia can teach us something about reviving our own left ...
ZME Science on MSN3 天
The Soviets sent most of its intellectuals to remote gulags. Decades later, those areas ...
A new study reveals that regions near Soviet GULAG camps are more prosperous today, thanks to the unintended legacy of ...
Raw Story on MSN16 天
'New gulags': White House columnist takes a humorous look at Trump's Christmas wish list
A columnist took a humorous look at the Christmas wish list of Donald Trump and other prominent political figures. The ...
Asia Society7 年
Interview: Author Blaine Harden on North Korea's Gulags
Author Blaine Harden discusses his new book, Escape from Camp 14, and the future of North Korea's notorious labor camps. Harden recently spoke to Asia Blog about how he reported Shin’s story, human ...
BBC3 年
Ep2: A family's destiny in one of Russia's largest gulags
Leonas Bogdanavichus was sent to the Vorkuta gulag, one of the largest and deadliest in the Soviet Union, as a prisoner, after hiding a Jewish couple in his café in Kaunas, Lithuania. Told by his ...