Umnyagin V.
Abstract. Labor and intellectual activities occupy an important place in the memories and epistolary heritage of Solovki prisoners of the twentieth century. Addressing to these cross-cutting themes reveals peculiarities of human behavior and the cultural traditions that allows people to maintain human dignity and personal integrity in the harsh conditions of detention.
Key words: Solovki, Solovki special purpose prison camp, memoirs, intellectual activity, work.
Umnyagin Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich, Priest,
Executive Editor of the Book Series «Memories of Solovki prisoners» (1923-1939),
Moscow farmstead of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Solovetsky Stauropegial monastery.
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