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Ot tiurem k vospitatel'nym uchrezhdeniiam: sbornik statei. T. 1: Ispravitel'no-trudovaia politika SSSR [From prisons to educational institutions: a collection of articles, vol. 1: Soviet policies on correctional labor] (all published) by Vyshinskii, Andrei Ia., editor

by Vyshinskii, Andrei Ia., editor

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Ot tiurem k vospitatel'nym uchrezhdeniiam: sbornik statei. T. 1: Ispravitel'no-trudovaia politika SSSR [From prisons to educational institutions: a collection of articles, vol. 1: Soviet policies on correctional labor] (all published)

by Vyshinskii, Andrei Ia., editor

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Moscow: Sovetskoe zakonodatel'stvo, 1934. Octavo (22 × 16 cm). Original gray cloth, embossed in red and black; 449, [2] pp. Thirty-two pages of photo-reproductions and halftones. Very good. A scarce collection of articles that trace the development of Soviet penal policy, especially regarding the so-called correctional labor facilities (ispravitel'no-trudovye lageria, or ITL), which would serve as the base for the better-known Gulag system. The forced labor camps of the early 1920s were gradually replaced with ITL, which sought to extract cheap labor from prisoners, while stressing their role in "re-educating" criminals and forging upright communist citizens. The essays deal with such topics as women and children in correctional facilities; education, publishing, and anti-illiteracy efforts in the camps; as well as various health-related and cultural aspects of the labor colonies. The photographs show prisoners at work in factories, engaged in workshops, as well as in school or listening to the radio. As of November 2019, KVK and OCLC show nine copies in North America.
  • Bookseller Bernett Rare Books Inc US (US)
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  • Keywords soviet, ussr, propaganda, reformatories, labor, colonies, prison, imprisonment, gulag, russia, russian
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