Interlude between Gulags: Gendered Experiences of Re-Convicted Victims of Stalinism

• In Event: Gendered Perspectives of Repression: Identity and Survival in Gulags

Abstract

This paper utilizes databases of terror victims and their investigative files to explore gender-specific aspects of the experiences of "repeaters" — individuals who were arrested multiple times during Stalin’s rule (1929-1953). It focuses on the differences in survival and adaptation strategies between men and women during the interlude between their sentences. Additionally, it investigates how various factors, such as having children, influenced the decisions of authorities regarding arrests and the re-evaluation of cases involving women, as well as how women leveraged these factors in appeals for the reconsideration of their cases.

Author

• Liudmila Lyagushkina, U of Nottingham (UK)