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A Ukrainian's Gulag Uprising
Manage episode 412656140 series 3284458
Thousands of Ukrainians were imprisoned in the GULAG system of the Soviet Union. And many of them were involved in the numerous GULAG uprisings that sprang up after Stalin's death in 1953. This episode will look at 3 of them in particular: the Norilsk and Vorkuta Uprisings of 1953 and the Kengir Uprising of 1954. Why did the uprisings occur and how important where the Ukrainians in organizing and spreading unrest in the Soviet Union's concentration camp system? Find out in this episode!
Facebook & Instagram: Wanderedgeukraine
For more episodes, sources and extras, please visit: wanderingtheedge.net
77 episodes
Manage episode 412656140 series 3284458
Thousands of Ukrainians were imprisoned in the GULAG system of the Soviet Union. And many of them were involved in the numerous GULAG uprisings that sprang up after Stalin's death in 1953. This episode will look at 3 of them in particular: the Norilsk and Vorkuta Uprisings of 1953 and the Kengir Uprising of 1954. Why did the uprisings occur and how important where the Ukrainians in organizing and spreading unrest in the Soviet Union's concentration camp system? Find out in this episode!
Facebook & Instagram: Wanderedgeukraine
For more episodes, sources and extras, please visit: wanderingtheedge.net
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