Research Guides: History 421W: The Gulag: Gathering Background Information

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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia by Archie Brown (Editor); Michael C. Kaser (Editor); Gerry Smith (Editor); Gerald S. Smith (Editor)
Call Number: DK14 .C35 1994
ISBN: 0521355931
Publication Date: 1994

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Library of Congress Call Number Ranges and Subject Headings for GULAG

For shelf-browsing, the relevant call number ranges are

Library of Congress Classification

Library of Congress Subject Headings

D. History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania
DK. Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics – Poland
DK1-949.5. History of Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
DK36-293. History
DK266-292. Soviet regime, 1918-1991

HV9712 - Prison system by region and country. Soviet Union. Former Soviet republics

Forced labor--Soviet Union
Political prisoners--Soviet Union
Penal colonies--Soviet union
Internment camps--Soviet Union
Political persecution--Soviet Union
Persecution--Soviet Union

Solovetski Islands (Russia)--History

Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitel'no-trudovykh lagereĭ OGPU--History
GULag NKVD--History

Solovet︠s︡kiĭ lagerʹ osobogo naznachenii︠a