Since then, the railway’s gulag camps have lain abandoned, sinking further into the forest under the weight of each winter’s snow. Getting to the camps today is difficult outside of winter ...

On the other side is a village of yellow sandstone homes built exclusively for officers who ruled the gulag. In Dolinka itself, abandoned barracks that once housed women are crumbling from age and ...

In Fall 2010, the Havighurst Center chose to explore the history of the Gulag as its semester-long focus. In addition to hosting speakers on the subject for the Havighurst Colloquia Series, the Center ...