Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives
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Title
Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives
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Title
Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives
Description
Drawing on the latest archival-based research on the Gulag, this web exhibit provides an innovative, multifaceted consideration of the human struggle for survival in the Gulag, the brutal and often lethal Soviet system of forced labor concentration camps and internal exile.
Start Date
10/1/2005
End Date
09/30/2008
Director(s)
Roy Rosenzweig
Tom Scheinfeldt
Steve Barnes
Manager(s)
Stephanie Hurter
Gwen White
Sheila Brennan
Web Designer(s)
Stephanie Hurter
Jeremy Boggs
Laura Veprek
Programmers
Amanda Shuman
Kristopher Kelly
Staff Members
Gwen White
Nastya Mikheeva
Elena Razlogova
Misha Vinokur
Misha Griffith
Alexis Hurter
Lee Ann Ghajar
Mjiriana Visintin
Andrew Graulich
Outreach
Steve Barnes
Elena Razlogova
Content Experts
Anne Applebaum
Lynne Viola
Amir Weiner
Viktor Shmyrov
Peter Holquist
Stephen Kotkin
Joshua Brown
Affiliates
National Park Service
Deliverables
1. A Russian/English bilingual exhibit featuring original documentaries and 20 prisoner voices.
2. An archive filled with primary source documents and images, including 100 photographs, 20 drawings and paintings, 75 text documents, 10 excerpts from historical films, 10 oral histories, five artifacts, and 10 panoramas.
3. Four live chats with scholars and an interactive reflection section inviting visitors to leave their thoughts and stories.
4. Lesson plans and bibliographic resources that encourage further study, as well as archived footage of an Oct. 2006 international conference on Gulag scholarship.
Project URL
http://gulaghistory.org
Funder
National Endowment for the Humanities
Title VIII - U.S. Department of State
Kennan Institute
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University
Funding Amount
$267,968
Partners
Gulag Museum at Perm 36
International Memorial Society, Moscow, Russia
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University
Audiences
The general public, including "those interested in the history of the Soviet Union, the history of Stalinism, the history of concentration camps, the history of socialism, the history of the Cold War, and the history of the twentieth century ."
Secondary and university students and educators.
An international audience and Russian-speaking émigrés from the former Soviet Union.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives,” RRCHNM20, accessed April 19, 2024, https://20.rrchnm.org/items/show/204.
Item Relations
| This Item | foaf:fundedBy | Item: National Endowment for the Humanities |
| This Item | foaf:fundedBy | Item: Title VIII - U.S. Department of State |
| This Item | foaf:fundedBy | Item: Kennan Institute |
| This Item | foaf:fundedBy | Item: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University |
| This Item | Partner | Item: Gulag Museum at Perm 36 |
| This Item | Partner | Item: International Memorial Society, Moscow, Russia |
| This Item | Partner | Item: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Roy Rosenzweig |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Tom Scheinfeldt |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Stephanie Hurter |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Gwen White |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Sheila Brennan |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Elena Razlogova |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Steve Barnes |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Misha Vinokur |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Amanda Shuman |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Kristopher Kelly |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Lee Ann Ghajar |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Jeremy Boggs |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Laura Veprek |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Misha Griffith |
| This Item | Staff | Item: Andrew Graulich |