The History of Political Repression in the Vologda Region (1918–1953): the last monograph by Professor V. Konasov

The monograph under review considers the tragic pages of mass terror and the activity of special settlements, prisons and labor camps in the territory of Vologda Oblast in the period between 1918 and 1953 against the general historical background. The source base of the monograph includes archival materials, documentary collections, periodicals, memoirs, and the publications on the subject of research. This allows the author to go beyond the framework of traditional historiographical approaches and recreate a multifaceted history of the punitive system of the Soviet state in human dimension on the example of the Vologda land.