An Island Hell: A Soviet Prison in the Far North by S. A. MALSAGOFF and translated by F. H. LYON

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Author

Malʹsagov, S. A. (Sozerko Artaganovich), 1893-1976

Title

An island hell: A Soviet prison in the far north

Original Publication

United Kingdom: A. M. Philpot Ltd,1926.

Credits

Scans generously provided by hugesummers at archive.org

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Prisoners -- Soviet Union -- Biography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68923

Release Date

September 6, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AN ISLAND HELL: A SOVIET PRISON IN THE FAR NORTH — CONTENTS — AUTHOR'S NOTE — PART I (Introductory) FROM BATOUM TO THE SOLOVETSKY ISLANDS
2. 2.CHAPTER I A WHITE GUARD IN THE CAUCASUS
3. 3.CHAPTER II A FAMOUS "AMNESTY"
4. 4.CHAPTER III HORRORS OF TIFLIS PRISON
5. 5.CHAPTER IV BOUND FOR THE "SOLOVKY" — PART II THE SOLOVETSKY ISLANDS
6. 6.CHAPTER I THE FORERUNNERS OF THE "SOLOVKY"
7. 7.CHAPTER II FROM MONASTERY TO PRISON CAMP
8. 8.CHAPTER III A GALLERY OF TCHEKISTS
9. 9.CHAPTER IV POPOFF ISLAND CAMP
10. 10.CHAPTER V THE TYRANNY OF THE CRIMINALS
11. 11.CHAPTER VI "COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES"
12. 12.CHAPTER VII THE TCHEKA'S VICTIMS: SOME STRANGE CASES
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII "POLITICALS": A FAVOURED CLASS
14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE WOMEN'S FATE
15. 15.CHAPTER X FOREIGN PRISONERS
16. 16.CHAPTER XI A "CHANGE OF CABINET"
17. 17.CHAPTER XII DAILY LIFE, WORK AND FOOD
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII HOSPITAL HORRORS
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV HOW "USEFUL CITIZENS" ARE MADE
20. 20.CHAPTER XV HOW THE TCHEKISTS LIVE — PART III OUR ESCAPE
21. 21.CHAPTER I THE ONLY WAY OUT
22. 22.CHAPTER II LAYING OUR PLANS
23. 23.CHAPTER III OUR FLIGHT: THE FIRST STAGE
24. 24.CHAPTER IV A TERRIBLE MARCH
25. 25.CHAPTER V FREEDOM

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