“Enemies of the people” behind the polar circle: Larkov, Romanenko

A collection of articles on repressions, Soviet camp infrastructure and the acts of Soviet power in the Arctic from the beginning of the 30s to the mid-50s of the last century will interest even the most unprepared reader with its unusual content. Opening this book, he learns about the fierce resistance of the Soviet regime, some peoples of the Far North showed, learns about repressions among the polar explorers and members of their families. Most likely, the reader’s considerable surprise will cause incredible myths about the death camps located on the earth of Franz Joseph or the island of Wrangel, about the Arctic camps on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, where the prisoners were engaged in fishing, about the twin ship of the famous “Chelyuskin” with the strange name of “Tychma”, full Rudniki, where, without any protection against radiation, the suicide bombers doomed to slowly fading away.
2nd edition, expanded.

Author
Larkov Sergey, Romanenko Fedor
Editor
Zemtsov A.N.
Publisher
Paulsen, 2010
Series
International Polar year