The Gulag Archipelago (Alexandr Solzhenitsyn)

*The Gulag Archipelago*, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, is a detailed, nonfiction account of the Soviet Union’s brutal system of forced labor camps (Gulags). Drawing from personal experience, interviews, and historical research, Solzhenitsyn exposes the widespread political repression, human rights abuses, and the suffering of millions imprisoned under Stalin’s regime. The book highlights how these camps served as tools of terror, suppression, and economic exploitation, and it emphasizes the resilience of the human spirit amidst extreme cruelty. It is a powerful critique of totalitarianism and a crucial work in understanding 20th-century Soviet history.