Money and the black market in the prison camps for foreigners of the Estonian SSR. 1945–1949. Cover Image

Деньги и «черный рынок» в лагерях иностранных военнопленных Эстонской ССР. 1945–1949 гг.
Money and the black market in the prison camps for foreigners of the Estonian SSR. 1945–1949.

Author(s): Michail Viktorovich Khodyakov
Subject(s): History
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: money; black market; the prison camp; Estonian SSR; 1945–1949; NKVD; day-to-day life

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to money circulation and the black market in the prison camps for foreigners on the territory of the Estonian SSR in 1945–1949. Basing on archival material, author reveals the story of the prisoners’ day-to-day life, shows some specific traits of prison camp life, and proves that money played a stimulant role in the use of prisoners’ labour by the Soviet side.

  • Issue Year: 2/2012
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 180-196
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Russian