Never Remember, Masha Gessen
Never Remember, Masha Gessen
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Never Remember
Searching for Stalin's Gulags in Putin's Russia

Author: Masha Gessen, Misha Friedman

Narrator: Masha Gessen

Unabridged: 3 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/05/2019


Synopsis

"A book that belongs on the shelf alongside The Gulag Archipelago. -- Kirkus Reviews

"A short, haunting and beautifully written book." -- The Wall Street Journal

The Gulag was a monstrous network of labor camps that held and killed millions of prisoners from the 1930s to the 1950s. More than half a century after the end of Stalinist terror, the geography of the Gulag has been barely sketched and the number of its victims remains unknown. Has the Gulag been forgotten? Writer Masha Gessen and photographer Misha Friedman set out across Russia in search of the memory of the Gulag. They journey from Moscow to Sandarmokh, a forested site of mass executions during Stalin's Great Terror; to the only Gulag camp turned into a museum, outside of the city of Perm in the Urals; and to Kolyma, where prisoners worked in deadly mines in the remote reaches of the Far East. They find that in Vladimir Putin's Russia, where Stalin is remembered as a great leader, Soviet terror has not been forgotten: it was never remembered in the first place.

About The Author

MASHA GESSEN is a Russian-American journalist and the bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin. Gessen's books include The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, winner of the 2017 National Book Award for Nonfiction, and The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. She is the recipient of numerous other awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Carnegie Fellowship, and her work appears regularly in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Vanity Fair, and Slate. A longtime resident of Moscow, Gessen now lives in New York City.MISHA FRIEDMAN is a photographer with a background in international relations and economics. His work appears in leading international publications and has been recognized by a number of awards and grants.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ken on May 22, 2021

Never Remember: Searching for Stalin's Gulags in Putin's Russia Masha Gessen, staggering, I'm not that political probably below average but will spout disagreement to policies my government make, I'm allowed I voted no one hears me much, even less pay attention, least my dog loves it, if I had a dog......more

Goodreads review by William on November 30, 2020

"The U.S.S.R needed workers. That's Kolyma for you."......more

Goodreads review by Arthur on May 30, 2021

An audiobook of slightly more than 3 hours. I presume the actual book has photos and so I'm afraid I'm at a bit of a disadvantage. One of the travesties of justice that are occurring in the world today is the whitewashing and revisionism of Russian history. Unlike Germany which distances itself from......more

Goodreads review by Tom on April 18, 2018

NEVER REMEMBER: Searching for Stalin’s Gulags in Putin’s Russia by Masha Gessen – Published 2018 The writing was excellent - the photos not so much; uneven is the best I can say about them; several being particularly poignant. I would sooner see a photo that adds interest to the text rather than havi......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on July 08, 2018

An evocative and often deeply moving exploration of the Gulags through a bleak and haunting collection of black and white photos and an equally evocative text by Russia expert Masha Gessen. Based on years of research, travel and personal testimony, Gessen explores the legacy of the Gulags and the re......more