Background
Applebaum, Anne was born in 1964 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
(Gulag is a camp where millions of political prisoners and...)
Gulag is a camp where millions of political prisoners and criminals were imprisoned. In this well-praised book, Anne Applebaum has written a fully documented history of the camp system: from its origins under the tsars, to its colossal expansion under Stalins reign of terror, and eventual collapse in the era of glasnost. Applebaum restores the nature of the camp life and combines it with the macro history of the Soviet Union. This book was considered a landmark academic works people have been waiting shortly after its publication. For anyone who longs to know the history of the 20th century, it is a must-read.
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(The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps tha...)
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 magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. Applebaum intimately re-creates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the twentieth century.
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(Examines the past and present of the Eastern European bor...)
Examines the past and present of the Eastern European borderlands, now emerging from Soviet rule, describing the rich variety of cultures, religions, and national aspirations of the area's inhabitants as they attempt to construct a future based on ancient ancestral legacies.
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Applebaum, Anne was born in 1964 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Grad, Yale University, 1986.
Correspondent The Independent, London, 1988—1990. Journalist Economist, 1988—1992. Foreign editor Spectator Magazine, 1993—1994, deputy editor, since 1994.
Columnist The Daily Telegraph, since 1994. Columnist, member editorial board Washington Post, since 2002.
(Examines the past and present of the Eastern European bor...)
(The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps tha...)
(Gulag is a camp where millions of political prisoners and...)
Married Radek Sikorski. Children: Alexander, Tadeusz.