This is part 1 of 3 on Chapter 7 of The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Sentencing by the gulag system. Sentencing and human dignity. In the gulags, you just got a piece of paper with the fate that determined the rest of your life, just as a run of the mill announcement. Formalities are … Continue reading Chapter 7: In the Engine Room – Part 1