Marginalized for a lifetime: The everyday experiences of gulag survivors in post-Soviet Magadan

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-34

  Round, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gulag survivors; Magadan; Marginalization; Russia; Social capital; Survival strategies

Indexed keywords

MARGINALIZATION; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; MAGADAN [MAGADAN (ADS)]; MAGADAN [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33644745220     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.2006.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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