LECTURE 11- KOLYMA, LAND OF GOLD AND DEATH

1. Introduction
   1. Today, we're going to look at how the Siberian landscape was transformed from 1922-1939, under the reign of Joseph Stalin, Russia's notorious dictator.
   2. Outline:
      1. Where is Kolyma, Siberia
      2. Stalinism and the population of the gulags
      3. How the gulags transformed Siberia
      4. Dealing with the legacy of the gulags
      5. Making a living in Siberia

    

2. Where is Kolyma
   1. Facts
   2. History
      1. Discovery and Contact by Europeans .
      2. Soviet Era

    

3. Stalinism
   1. Two components of Stalinism (7)
      1. Collectivization
      2. Great Terror
         1. The Great Terror was the process of rounding up supposed "enemies of the people, or people who opposed the Stalin regime.
            1. Who were these enemies?
            2. Where did the KGB get these names?.
            3. Why did people turn one another in?

             

         2. Results
            1. Total dead of the Terror and the famines caused by Collectivization: 20 million.
            2. Total imprisoned in gulags: 12 million

    

4. In the Gulags
   1. Work:
      1. Types of work
      2. Conditions
      3. No escape:
   2. Gulag system not fully dismantled until 1953, when Stalin died.

    

5. Prisoners remade the Siberian landscape

    

6. Dealing with the Legacy of the Gulags
   1. 1953-1988: Little information
   2. 1987 Glasnost
   3. 1989-present
      1. Beginning of great discussion and debate
      2. Many more museums, survivor groups, and open discussions of what the past means.