Gulag Collection

FEDOR DOSTOEVSKI (1821-1881). Russian novelist. Dostoevski in Siberia

Deportations from Russia to Siberia around 1850. Engraving without author identification
PCT4263398 Deportations from Russia to Siberia around 1850. Engraving without author identification, illustrating a book from the end of the 19th century: " Vie de Mme Postel"

Alexandrevsky Central Prison Siberia, used to house Russian political prisoners
5307379 Alexandrevsky Central Prison Siberia, used to house Russian political prisoners.; (add.info.: Alexandrevsky Central Prison Siberia, used to house Russian political prisoners)

Vigilance is our weapon. Be vigilant! (Poster), 1953. Artist: Shirokograd, B
Vigilance is our weapon. Be vigilant! (Poster), 1953. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow.

Be observant when standing sentinel! (Poster), 1953. Artist: Golub, Pyotr Semyonovich (1913-1953)
Be observant when standing sentinel! (Poster), 1953. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow.

Richard Vitoldovich Pickel (1896-1936), Early 1930s. Creator: Anonymous
Richard Vitoldovich Pickel (1896-1936), Early 1930s. Private Collection

Destroy the enemy of the people Trotsky!, 1937. Artist: Deni (Denisov), Viktor Nikolaevich (1893-1946)
Destroy the enemy of the people Trotsky!, 1937. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Aventures De Trois Fugitifs En Siberie (engraving)
2789291 Aventures De Trois Fugitifs En Siberie (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aventures De Trois Fugitifs En Siberie)

La vie est partout. (Depuis la fenetre d un wagon avec des barreaux de fer)
FIA5382034 La vie est partout. (Depuis la fenetre d un wagon avec des barreaux de fer, un enfant entoure de visages souriants jette des miettes a des oiseaux)

c. 1890s Russia - Solovetsky Monastery in the White Sea in northern Russia
c.1890s Russia - Solovetsky Monastery in the White Sea in northern Russia

Convicts in Siberia being conscripted to fight in the Russo-Japanese War (colour litho)
2795973 Convicts in Siberia being conscripted to fight in the Russo-Japanese War (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

On the knees, 1920s. Creator: Galperin, Lev Solomonovich (1886-1938)
On the knees, 1920s. Found in the Collection of Regional I. Savitsky Art Museum, Nukus

The Zindan (Prison), 1930s. Creator: Bure, Leon (Lev) Leonardovich (1887-1943)
The Zindan (Prison), 1930s. Found in the Collection of Regional I. Savitsky Art Museum, Nukus

Before search and seizure (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution), 1920. From a private collection

More fire at the class enemy!, 1933. Artist: Klinch (Petrushansky), Boris Grigoryevich
More fire at the class enemy!, 1933. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Karl Julius Danishevsky (1884-1938), ca 1917-1919. Private Collection

Karl Julius Danishevsky (1884-1938), 1919. Private Collection

Portrait of the poet Bruno Jasienski (1901-1938), 1923. Private Collection

Portrait of the poet Bruno Jasienski (1901-1938), c. 1920. Found in the collection of Muzeum Sztuki Lodz

The Solovki prison camp (SLON), 1927-1928. Found in the collection of Memorial, historical and civil rights society

The Moscow-Volga Canal is opened, 1937. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Varlam Shalamov and Arkady Shumsky at the editorial office Za udarnichestvo, 1932. Found in the Collection of Memorial, historical and civil rights society

The enemies of the Five Year Plan, 1929. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Portrait, 1933. Artist: Klutsis, Gustav (1895-1938)
Portrait, 1933. Private Collection

Concert band of the Solovki prison camp Artist: Anonymous
Concert band of the Solovki prison camp. Found in the collection of State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St. Petersburg

Soviet power does not punish, it corrects (The slogan on the wall of the former Red Corner punishmen Artist: Anonymous)
Soviet power does not punish, it corrects (The slogan on the wall of the former Red Corner punishment cell of GULAG). Found in the collection of State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St

Shock workers of GULAG Artist: Anonymous
Shock workers of GULAG. Found in the collection of State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St. Petersburg

Hot work will melt away your prison term!, ca 1935. Found in the Collection of Memorial, historical and civil rights society

We ll uproot spies and diversionists of the Trotsky-Bukharinite agents of fascism!, 1937. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, Russian author, 1974. Solzhenitsyns (1918-2008) novels were instrumental in raising global awareness of the Soviet system of forced labour camps, the Gulag

Russian prisoners forced to work in Siberia, 1880s
Russian convicts returning at night from the mines in Siberia, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Russian political prisoners sent to Siberia, 1880s
Russian prisoners marched on a muddy road to exile in Siberia, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Russia, White Sea, Solovetsky Islands. Russia, White Sea, Solovetsky Islands. The Kremlin Wall

Prisoners in Siberia, 1897 (b / w photo)
XJL210698 Prisoners in Siberia, 1897 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; Russian, out of copyright

Road to Siberia (oil on canvas)
BAL1109312 Road to Siberia (oil on canvas) by Miloradovich, Sergei Dmitrievich (1851/2-1943); Private Collection; Russian, out of copyright

RUSSIA: FORCED LABOR, c1885. Russian prison guards surrounding a placer mine in the Transbaikalia region of Siberia, where convicts sentenced to hard labor are working. Photographed c1885

TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY. Workers from a hard-labor camp on Sakhalin Island, who worked on constructing the Trans Siberian Railway along the Ussuri River in Russia. Photograph, c1890

Perm, siberia, ussr 1943, barracks of corrective labor camp (part of gulag) for builders of the panyshevsky electric station

Perm, siberia, ussr 1943, interior of barracks for prisoners working at panyshevsky corrective labor camp (part of gulag) working on panyshevsky electric station

Russia, Siberia, Aerial view of surroundings of Igarka with ruins of gulag
Aerial view of the surroundings of Igarka with the ruins of a gulag - Siberia, Russia

RUSSIA: SIBERIA, 1882. Russian criminals on a march in a snowstorm. Wood engraving, English, 1882

RUSSIA: SIBERIA, 1882. Travelling in Siberia. Russian criminals on their march in a snowstorm. Wood engraving, English, 1882

RUSSIA: POLITICAL PRISONERS. Students on the way to Siberia for rioting, 1901. Line engraving

RUSSIAN ANARCHISTS. Russian nihilists on the way to Siberia. Wood engraving, English, 1887

SIBERIA: CONVICT BARRACKS. Interior view of prisoner barracks in the Khabarovsk area in Siberia. Photograph by William Henry Jackson, 1895

Elderly Russian sentenced to hard labor, 1880s
Russian convict sentenced to hard labor in Siberia at age 65, 1880s. Hand-colored engraving reproduction of a photograph

Solovky (Solovetski) Monastery, Russia
Solovky (Solovetski) Monastery, located off the White Sea Coast in the Arctic Ocean on a cluster of Islands - considered the Mother of the Gulag

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"Gulag: A Dark Chapter in Russian History" The term "gulag" evokes a haunting image of the Soviet Union's labor camps, where countless lives were shattered and dreams crushed. Fyodor Dostoevsky, renowned Russian novelist, experienced firsthand the harshness of Siberia during his exile there. His time in this desolate region influenced his literary works, providing a glimpse into the unforgiving conditions endured by prisoners. Nikolai Vavilov, a prominent Soviet botanist, also fell victim to the gulag system. Despite his contributions to science and agriculture, he was imprisoned for opposing Stalin's ideology. This tragic fate befell many intellectuals who dared to challenge the regime. Propaganda played a significant role in maintaining control over society. The artwork titled "Destroy the enemy of the people Trotsky. " depicts Viktor Nikolaevich Deni's portrayal of Leon Trotsky as an adversary deserving punishment. Such images aimed to instill fear and suppress dissent among citizens. Achilles Beltrame captured another aspect of life within these prison walls through his illustration depicting Russian prisoners on hunger strike for their fellow tubercular inmates' freedom. It highlights their desperate struggle against an oppressive system that denied them basic human rights. In literature and art alike, glimpses into life inside these labor camps emerge. In "Aventures De Trois Fugitifs En Siberie, " an engraving showcases three fugitives navigating treacherous terrain as they seek refuge from their captors—a testament to resilience amidst adversity. Yet amid darkness emerges moments of humanity; Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko's painting "La vie est partout" portrays a child surrounded by smiling faces as he feeds birds from behind iron-barred train windows—an innocent act defying confinement's constraints. The gulags extended beyond Siberia; Solovetsky Monastery in northern Russia became one of the most notorious prison complexes.