Krajobrazy post mortem. O Sołowkach, Kołymie (i nie tylko) we współczesnej polskiej prozie podróżniczej
Post-Mortem Landscapes: Regarding the Solovetsky Islands and Kolyma River (and Others) in Contemporary Polish Travel Prose

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to demonstrate how contemporary Polish reporters describe the areas of former labor camps located in the Russian Federation, especially near the Kolyma River and on the Solovetsky Islands. The interest of Polish visitors is aroused by the “landscapes of death” associated with the Gulag in their geographical, natural, cultural, and mental aspects. The essence of the traveler’s interest lies in the Russian attitude towards the victims and perpetrators of Soviet terror as well as the daily life of the inhabitants of these sites. The source materials include, among others, the works of Ryszard Kapuściński, Mariusz Wilk, Jacek Hugo-Bader, and Michał Milczarek.

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