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It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the north-eastern area of Siberia. Shalamov himself spent seventeen years there, and in these stories he vividly captures the lives of ordinary people caught up in terrible circumstances, their hopes and plans extending no further than a few hours.Shalamov, Varlam is the author of 'Kolyma Tales - Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov - Hardcover - 1st ed' with ISBN 9780393013245 and ISBN 0393013243.
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