Scribd Logo
Importer

Bienvenue sur Scribd !

  • Solovetsky Islands

    Transféré par

    Nick Shepley
    22 vues1 page
    The Solovestsky Islands were once used by the Tsars to exile political prisoners, but the Bolsheviks developed them from a camp for prisoners into a mass work camp and the beginnings of the Gulag system. This is a quick classroom handout for pupils from Explaining History.

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Formats disponibles

    PDF, TXT ou lisez en ligne sur Scribd

    Avez-vous trouvé ce document utile ?

    Ce contenu est-il inapproprié ?

    Signaler ce document
    The Solovestsky Islands were once used by the Tsars to exile political prisoners, but the Bolsheviks developed them from a camp for prisoners into a mass work camp and the beginnings of the Gulag system. This is a quick classroom handout for pupils from Explaining History.

    Droits d'auteur :

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Téléchargez comme PDF, TXT ou lisez en ligne sur Scribd
    Signaler comme contenu inapproprié
    22 vues1 page

    Solovetsky Islands

    Transféré par

    Nick Shepley
    The Solovestsky Islands were once used by the Tsars to exile political prisoners, but the Bolsheviks developed them from a camp for prisoners into a mass work camp and the beginnings of the Gulag system. This is a quick classroom handout for pupils from Explaining History.

    Droits d'auteur :

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Téléchargez comme PDF, TXT ou lisez en ligne sur Scribd
    Signaler comme contenu inapproprié
    sur 1

    Soviet Repression

    The Solovetsky Islands www.explaininghistory.com

    In 1923 the Solovetsky camp of Special Destination, known as SLON was opened. In the same year the rst mass military execution of prisoners took place. More than 1 million people were prisoners of Solovetsky camp and of its other departments on the mainland.

    Amongst these people at the gates of the Solovetsky camp is Maxim Gorky, invited to visit and to tell the world how nice the conditions for prisoners were. He lied and claimed they were ideal. Here is what prisoners has to say:

    Prisoner O. Volkov: " .in front of our eyes they beat up people, force them to run from one place to the other, searched them all over, frightening them with ries ring blank shots aimed from the towers. The fallen ones were raised and guards kicked them in the face with their feet into a blood mess".

    Prisoner I.Zaytsev: "... prisoners using their own body heat were warming their cells, so during cold weather a thick fog was every where; droplets of breath were froze on the walls and ceilings; the air was thick and suffocating". Why was it necessary for Lenin to keep so many Russians prisoners?

    Vous aimerez peut-être aussi