Gulag Voices (16 page)

1
. Petrus did not name the camps he had lived in, perhaps for fear of re-arrest. He may also have been following the tradition found in nineteenth-century Russian literature of identifying places in this manner.

2
. Railway conductor.

3
. Freeloader.

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. The Young Pioneer Youth Organization, a widespread scouting organization for young people aged ten to fifteen, was established by Lenin in 1922.

Acknowledgments

Translations of the texts by Elena Glinka, Anatoly Zhigulin, Nina Gagen-Torn, Isaak Filshtinsky, and K. Petrus are by Jane Miller.

Every reasonable effort has been made to secure permissions for previously published translations. If any errors should be noticed, please contact Yale University Press. Corrections will follow in subsequent editions.

Punctuation and spelling have been standardized throughout.

“Arrest,” by Dmitry S. Likhachev, excerpted from Dmitry S. Likhachev,
Reflections on the Russian Soul: A Memoir,
copyright © 2000 by Central European University Press. Reprinted by permission of Central European University Press.

“Interrogation,” by Alexander Dolgun, excerpted from Alexander Dolgun and Patrick Watson,
Alexander Dolgun’s Story,
copyright © 1975 by Alexander Dolgun. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.

“The Kolyma Tram,” by Elena Glinka, excerpted from Elena Glinka,
Oswenstim bez Pechei,
copyright © 1995 by Vozvraschenie. Used by permission of Vozvraschenie.

“A Day in Labor Corrective Camp No. 21,” by Kazimierz Zarod, excerpted from Kazimierz Zarod,
Inside Stalin’s Gulag,
originally published in 1990 by the Book Guild, Ltd.

“On Work,” by Anatoly Zhigulin, excerpt from Anatoly Zhigulin,
Chyornie Kamni,
originally published in 1996 by Izdatelstvo Kultura.

“On Faith,” by Nina Gagen-Torn, excerpted from Nina Gagen-Torn,
Memoria,
copyright © 1995 by Vozvraschenie. Used by permission of Vozvraschenie.

“Promotion,” by Isaak Filshtinsky, excerpted from Isaak Filshtinsky,
My Shagayem pod Konvoyem,
copyright © 1994 by Vozvraschenie. Used by permission of Vozvraschenie.

“My Child,” by Hava Volovich, excerpted from Hava Volovich, “My Past,” in
Till My Tale Is Told: Women’s Memoirs of the Gulag
, edited by Simeon Vilensky and translated by John Crowfoot, Marjorie Farquharson, Catriona Kelly, Sally Laird, and Cathy Porter, pp. 260–64. Copyright © 1999 Indiana University Press. Reprinted with permission of Indiana University Press and Vozvraschenie.

“The House of Meetings,” by Gustav Herling, excerpted from Gustav Herling,
A World Apart,
trans. Andrzej Ciolkosz, pp. 86–96. Copyright 1951, © 1986 by Gustav Herling. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA), Inc., and of Andrew Nurnberg Associates International.

“Informers,” by Lev Kopelev, excerpted from Lev Kopelev,
To Be Preserved Forever,
translated and edited by Anthony Austin, pp. 148–58. Copyright © 1975 by Ardis Publishers. English translation © 1977 by Anthony Austin. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers. Editor’s notes have been deleted or adapted.

“Jailers,” by Lev Razgon, excerpted from Lev Razgon,
True Stories,
translated by John Crowfoot. Copyright © 1997 by Lev Razgon, translation copyright © Ardis Publishers. Published in 1997 by Ardis Publishers/The Overlook Press. All rights reserved. www.overlookpress.com

“The Cooler,” by Anatoly Marchenko, excerpted from Anatoly Marchenko,
My Testimony,
translated by Michael Scammel, pp. 64–71. Published by E. P. Dutton, New York, 1969.

“Liberation,” by K. Petrus, excerpted from K. Petrus,
Uzniki Kommunizma,
originally published in 1996 by Izdatelstvo Im. Chekhova.

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Katyn: A Crime Without Punishment,
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Soviet Culture and Power,
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Spain Betrayed: The Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War,
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Stalinism as a Way of Life: A Narrative in Documents,
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The Stalin-Kaganovich Correspondence, 1931–36,
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Stalin’s Letters to Molotov, 1925–1936,
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The Unknown Lenin: From the Secret Archive,
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The War Against the Peasantry, 1927–1930,
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