Today the word “gulag” is often used figuratively, but in the Soviet Union the Gulag—an acronym designating the system of forced labor camps—was all too real. Millions of people lived and died in the ...

A visitor to the Gulag History Museum looks at an exhibit near a photo of a Gulag prisoner in Moscow, Russia, on May 21, 2018. (Celestino Arce / NurPhoto via AFP) MOSCOW (AFP) — Russia plans to ...

The museum was one of the last institutions dedicated to documenting Soviet-era political repression in Russia. Russia is converting the Gulag History Museum in Moscow into a new exhibition ...

When the doorbell to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Moscow apartment rang on February 12, 1974, his wife, Natalia, cracked open the door to see who was outside. Realizing it was the KGB, she immediately ...

Moscow residents react after Russian authorities ordered the closure of the city's award-winning Gulag History Museum, dedicated to the victims of Soviet-era repression. The closure was officially put ...

The gulag was a vast network of prison labour camps set up in the Soviet Union - Copyright AFP/File VASILY MAXIMOV The gulag was a vast network of prison labour camps ...

Annals of Communism, Yale's acclaimed series, adds another major documentary history to its list. More than 100 documents from the Russian archives are translated, and interspersed with Russian ...

For nearly half a century, October 30 has marked the annual remembrance day for victims of political repression in Russia. In the run-up to this year’s commemorations, however, librarians and ...

Russian authorities ordered the closure from Thursday of Moscow's award-winning Gulag History Museum, dedicated to the victims of Soviet-era repression. The closure was officially put down to alleged ...