Soviet Union

Jason Wang

Apr 15, 201918 min read

Summary of "The Gulag Archipelago: Abridged"

The Gulag Archipelago, winner of the Nobel Prize and deemed the “Best nonfiction book of the twentieth century,” was published in 1973 by...

Jason Wang

Jan 29, 201918 min read

Summary of "The Unquiet Ghost"

The Unquiet Ghost is a book published in 1994 about Stalinist Russia by the historian Adam Hochschild. It is a powerful work, for the...

Jason Wang

Oct 2, 201819 min read

Summary of "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956"

Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956, which discusses the effects of Communism on Eastern Europe after the descent of...

Jason Wang

Jul 25, 201819 min read

Summary of "Gulag: A History"

Gulag: A History, a comprehensive history of the forced labor camps of the Soviet Union, published in 2003 and written by Anne Applebaum,...

Jason Wang

Jul 17, 201820 min read

Summary of "Red Famine"

Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine was written by Anne Applebaum and published in 2017, and the primary focus of the book is on the...