Kolyma

a doctor or an assistant, trying to avoid the devastating and dangerous heavy work in the Gulag. Often prisoners, who held the medical positions, did not have any medical college degrees. Janusz Bardach was able to survive the harsh conditions in Kolyma partly because he pretended to be a junior at Medical University. Thus, it gave him the opportunity to get a job as an assistant of the camp doctor. In 1942, twenty years old Janusz Bardach, who back then was a soldier in the Red Army was sentenced

The Gulag Camp System was established in the Soviet Union during the 1930’s. These camps forced people to do intense labor under harsh conditions. Whether large or small, each camp was known for its brutality. During these harsh times it was hard to ignore what was going on, however no one could prevent it from happening. People feared for their lives when the thought of Gulags came up, as referenced in the book 1984, written by George Orwell. The term Gulag is a Russian acronym for Glavany Upravlenie

unfeeling, using terrible punishment methods and playing senseless games that cost prisoners their lives. Political enemies of the Bolshevik party made up a significant portion of the prisoner population, with most sent to the infamous camp system Kolyma. Liberation was painfully slow, but by 1960, all of the Gulags were gone. The Gulags were called many things by the Soviet government, but when boiled down, they were essentially

One of the most brutal mistakes made by Stalin was the creation of a GULAG. It is difficult to give a precise characterization of its purpose. The aim of this work is to answer the question, “Can we generalize why certain people were able to survive the Gulag more than others?” To survive the Gulag, many prisoners had to fight with others for food, shelter, and simple medical care. Certain prisoners went into religious and intellectual meditations to preserve at least the appearance of intelligence

Drunkenly, he says, “ ‘So you hate me?...I hate me, too...Some of my mother’s relatives are in Kolyma. I was supposed to go there, to help them...But not I’m here. So, you’re not the only one who is in prison” (Sepetys 325). Kretsky confides in Lina about his past and explains how he is also in a prison, both emotionally and literally. Kretsky is

"Things are not quite so simple always as black and white."― Doris Lessing. (Doris Lessing quotes). Choices are more than black and white, so is a person’s conscious. Few peoples exist on the two ends of the spectrum, always right, always wrong. In the book, Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, the author truly challenges what reader consider a good guy versus a bad guy. The book follows a family during the Soviet Genocide of the Baltic regions where one young Soviet soldier made the readers

and most likely its most important. There are several population centers along the Volga as the Volga is their “lifeline” (Blij 141). The Volga is perhaps much more important than the other rivers in the eastern half of Russia, such as the Lena, The Kolyma, and the Irtvsh, because of the bitterness of the climate west of the Urals, once again, makes the population very sparse in that half of the realm. The Don is an important river in the southernmost part of Russia. Russia is touched in many places

I came to the United States from Russia almost 15 years ago in the 1999, with perspectives to discover something new and maybe in the pursuit of success. Being 17 year old out of high school I had no idea what to do with my life and what expect from this country. Nevertheless, I expected more opportunities and chances for success here than from my motherland. 90’s was a pretty tough period of time in Russia. After disbandment of the Soviet Union in the December of 1991, young democracy named Russian

In his memoir, Bitter Waters: Life and Work in Stalin’s Russia, Gennady Andreev-Khomiakov wrote, “the fundamental mistake made by Stalin and Marxists in general was to assume that inasmuch as ‘existence defines consciousness,’ a person can get used to any existence” (Khomiakov 96). The Soviet system that prevailed from 1922 to 1991 promised an end of class distinctions between the bourgeoisie and proletariat, a growing economy, and an increase international power through a communist regime; it promised

The role and cultural description of what would be call a folkloric-like epic hero didn’t change for many years… Batman, Spiderman, Superman, or even the Hulk are just echoes of what would be recognized as folkloric-like epic heroes. Basically, a hero that is pictured as a “larger than life” character, who fights the forces of evil, usually pictured as a vicious, cruel, villain or gruesome fiend. Accordingly, the story of Beowulf is a classic example of such, including a clear folkloric epic hero