Season 1
2020 | 3 Episodes
Soviet prison camps were a criminal system of oppression that was widespread and long-lasting. The first camps were founded in 1918, and their number reached its peak in the 1950s. During more than 40 years, 20 million people were brought to almost 500 camps. Innocent people were made guilty. Every sixth adult citizen was forced to a camp or expelled. The writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn named this system the Gulag Archipelago. It extended thousands of kilometres from the White Sea to the Black Sea, from Moscow to Vladivostok and from the Arctic Circle to Central Asia. It was hidden away, and its existence was denied for decades. Prison camps were hard to see and understand. They are not well known even today.
Country: France
Type: scripted
Status: Ended
Language: French, Russian
Release Date: February 4, 2020
Also Known As: Gulag, sovietska história, Goulag: Une histoire soviétiqueGulag, sovětská historie, Gulag: The History, Gulag - Die sowjetische 'Hauptverwaltung der Lager', Fånglägren i Sovjetunionen, Neuvostoliiton vankileirit, Gulag the Story | See more »
Production Co: ARTE, Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA), Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Cinémage 13, Czech TelevisionFoxtel History Channel, Kuiv Productions, LCP Assemblée nationale, La Région Île-de-France, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), RTBF Documentaries, The History Channel Iberia, VRT NU | See more »
2020 | 3 Episodes
Nominee
FOCAL Award
Best Use of Footage in a History Production