Легенды о полковнике Гаранине в текстах воспоминаний колымских заключённых
LEGENDS ABOUT COLONEL GARANIN IN KOLYMA’S EX-CONVICTS’ MEMOIRS

Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to the Kolyma legend formed during Stalin’s regime. The legend wasspread amongst the convicts of Kolyma after Garanin’s arrest at the end of 1938. Garanin was knownas a chief of the USVITL (Dalstroj) from 1937 to 1938. A great number of Kolyma’s convicts focusedin their own memoirs on eternal problems, connecting ordinary events with totalitarian times: Garaninwas an omnipotent chief for more than a year. After a short period of time he lost all his power andinfluence (he was arrested and died in prison).

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