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Speaker(s): Anne Applebaum
Chair: Professor Arne Westad
Recorded on 20 November 2012 at Old Theatre, Old Building
We now understand far better what the gulag was, how it evolved, what purposes it served, how many people lived and died within it. Yet what do we really remember of the camp system? What do Russians remember? And how does that memory, or the lack of it, affect Russian politics today?
Anne Applebaum is Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at LSE IDEAS for 2012-13.
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