Gulag: The History

Gulag: The History

Soviet prison camps were a criminal system of oppression that was widespread and long-lasting. The writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn named it the Gulag Archipelago.

Genre: DocumentaryHistory

Cast:Florence PernelLouisa GummerGary WhitakerJames HoggVictoria StrachanJenna ShawMikhail PolyachekJoana MureikieneSusanna Solomonovna PechuroClaire BorotraLaurent ClaretPaul RotmanMauricette GourdonEmmanuelle BougerolEmmanuel PatronRaphaëline GoupilleauJacques ChaussepiedBrigitte Belle


1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Origines : 1917-1933

Tue, Feb 4, 2020

From experimentation to setting up the forced labour system (1918-1936).

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Prolifération : 1934-1945

Tue, Feb 4, 2020

The Gulag in the turmoil of the "Great Terror" and war (1937-1945).

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Apogée et agonie : 1945-1957

Tue, Feb 4, 2020

The Gulag's peak and decline (1945-1953).