The Gulag Archipelago is a book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn about the Soviet forced labor camp system. The three-volume book is a narrative relying on eyewitness testimony and primary research material, as well as the author's own experiences as a prisoner in a gulag labor camp. Written between 1958 and 1968, it was published in the West in 1973 and, thereafter, circulated in samizdat (underground publication) form in the Soviet Union until its appearance in the Russian literary journal, Novy Mir, in 1989, in which a third of the work was published over three issues.

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Reviewer: Chalgren - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 7, 2020

Subject: Collision course with what is written in these 3 volumes The United States of America is on a collision course with what is written down in these three volumes. What happened in the former Soviet Union, can happen right here in this once great nation. We must be very cautious. - September 7, 2020Collision course with what is written in these 3 volumes

Reviewer: JonUKRAH - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 24, 2020

Subject: This book should be compulsary reading inn our schools It seems like so many have forgotton what happened in USSR and what people are capable of, we must not forget what happened in this book or we are doomed to repeat the mistakes once more. The hook people are sold of equiality for all is an admirable one, but here we are shown how it gets warped by human nature and the consequences of that. Share and talk loudlly of this book as it is the only way i have ever swayed someone from that ideology - June 24, 2020This book should be compulsary reading inn our schools

Reviewer: JaneStrangeness - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 24, 2020

Subject: Facebook calls this masterpiece "ABUSIVE" I just tried to post this masterpiece to my FB page, and I got an error message saying FB would not allow the post as, the content was deemed by FB to be "abusive to the community" ! I'd say that in itself is all the endorsement needed to see the importance of this work... - May 24, 2020Facebook calls this masterpiece "ABUSIVE"