Nikolaj Kiselev a jeho Tábory smrti. Československé souvislosti unikátního svědectví o Gulagu
Nikolay Kiselev and his Death camps. Czechoslovak context of a unique testimony about the Gulag

Summary/Abstract: The article marks the 90th anniversary of Nikolaj Kiselev's book, Tábory smrti v SSSR (Camps of Death in the USSR), which offers a first-hand account of the conditions and atrocities in the Solovetsky camps, the precursor to the Gulag system. Kiselev, a former Soviet security officer who escaped to Finland and then Prague in 1931, provides an insider's perspective. The article reconstructs Kiselev's life story and the genesis of his book using archival sources, press reports, and various editions of the book in Czech, Russian, and German. It also underscores the Czechoslovak context of the book, first published in Prague in 1933, and the intrigue and skepticism of the Czechoslovak authorities and public towards Kiselev and his revelations.

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