Polly Jones
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Professor of Russian, University of Oxford
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Polly Jones
The Moscow Times
about 1 month ago
#OpEd
The city of Magadan was built by forced labor and lay at the heart of one of the largest and deadliest Gulag settlements. Authorities want to silence that fact, stopping Russians confronting the truth about Soviet atrocities warns Polly Jones.
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Erasing Magadan's Gulag Past Enables Today's Violence - The Moscow Times
Opinion | For nearly half a century, October 30 has marked the annual remembrance day for victims of political repression in Russia.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/10/in-a-city-built-by-prisoners-authorities-try-to-silence-memories-of-the-gulag-a91305
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To say I enjoyed writing this would be wrong, but it gave me a chance to try to make sense of the most recent gulag memory developments.
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Last chance to register for Friday’s workshop (in person or online)!
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The TLS
8 months ago
Polly Jones on an account of the transition between Soviet leaders
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Power beyond the grave
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/in-brief/the-death-of-stalin-sheila-fitzpatrick-book-review-polly-jones?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1747930111
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Really enjoyed this conversation!
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9 months ago
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Fantastic early career opportunity here: three-year junior research fellowship at University College, Oxford. Great colleagues, great wisteria!
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9 months ago
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Hugely enjoyed this book, and my last year as Nove judge. What a pleasure to read so many wonderful books over the last three years.
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12 months ago
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Never really post anything here but the actual BLUE SKY today merits a mention!
12 months ago
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José Vergara
about 1 year ago
Very happy to have written a few words about
@drpollyjones.bsky.social
's excellent new book on Gulag fiction for
@thetls.bsky.social
. Really terrific overview and close readings of various texts and trends, older and recent!
www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
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Gulag Fiction by Polly Jones | Book review | The TLS
Polly Jones observes, in her fascinating Gulag Fiction: Labour camp literature from Stalin to Putin, that many of the Soviet state’s “grandiose
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/in-brief/gulag-fiction-polly-jones-book-review-jose-vergara
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First review of Gulag Fiction, in the first TLS of the year!
www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
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Gulag Fiction by Polly Jones | Book review | The TLS
Polly Jones observes, in her fascinating Gulag Fiction: Labour camp literature from Stalin to Putin, that many of the Soviet state’s “grandiose
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/in-brief/gulag-fiction-polly-jones-book-review-jose-vergara
about 1 year ago
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Happy publication day to me! Now available as paperback, hardback and e-book, for all your format needs!
about 1 year ago
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