The day will pass away : the diary of a Gulag prison guard, 1935-1936
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Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
Format
Book
ISBN
9781681774602, 1681774607
Physical Desc
249 pages : images of manuscripts ; 24 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Wausau - MCPL - Adult Nonfiction Biography | B CHISTYAK | Available |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Chistyakov, Ivan.
Diaries.
Internment camps -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- History -- 20th century.
Internment camps -- Soviet Union -- Diaries.
Political prisoners -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- History -- 20th century.
Political prisoners -- Soviet Union -- Diaries.
Prisons -- Soviet Union -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Biography.
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953.
Diaries.
Internment camps -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- History -- 20th century.
Internment camps -- Soviet Union -- Diaries.
Political prisoners -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- History -- 20th century.
Political prisoners -- Soviet Union -- Diaries.
Prisons -- Soviet Union -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Biography.
Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953.
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Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
Language
English
ISBN
9781681774602, 1681774607
Notes
General Note
Translated from Russian.
General Note
"First published in 2014 by Corpus Publishers, Moscow." -- copyright page
General Note
"Introduction and notes by Irina Shcherbakova"--jacket.
Description
"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 Ivan Chistyakov, a senior guard at the Baikal Amur Corrective Labour Camp.Who was this lost man? How did he end up in the gulag? Though a guard, he is a type of prisoner, too. We learn that he is a cultured and urbane ex-city dweller with a secret nostalgia for pre-Revolutionary Russia. In this diary, Chistyakov does not just record his life in the camp, he narrates it. He is a sharp-eyed witness and a sympathetic, humane, and broken man.From stumblingly poetic musings on the bitter landscape of the taiga to matter-of-fact grumbles about the inefficiency of his stove, from accounts of the brutal conditions of the camp to reflections on the cruelty of loneliness, this diary is an astonishing record--a visceral and immediate description of a place and time whose repercussions still affect the shape of modern Russia, and modern Europe"--Google Books.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Chistyakov, I., Tait, A. L., & Shcherbakova, I. I. (2017). The day will pass away: the diary of a Gulag prison guard, 1935-1936 . Pegasus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chistyakov, Ivan, A. L. Tait and I. I. Shcherbakova. 2017. The Day Will Pass Away: The Diary of a Gulag Prison Guard, 1935-1936. Pegasus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chistyakov, Ivan, A. L. Tait and I. I. Shcherbakova. The Day Will Pass Away: The Diary of a Gulag Prison Guard, 1935-1936 Pegasus Books, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Chistyakov, Ivan,, A. L Tait, and I. I Shcherbakova. The Day Will Pass Away: The Diary of a Gulag Prison Guard, 1935-1936 Pegasus Books, 2017.
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