Relic of the Gulag or socialist welfare?: Thoughts about an orphanage in Southern Russia
2012 (English)In: Baltic Worlds, ISSN 2000-2955, E-ISSN 2001-7308, Vol. 5, no 2, p. 33-39Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Orphanage No. 7 in Taganrog was one of the former Soviet orphanages that came into contact with the new charity early on, in the form of summer vacation exchanges with Swedish host families. The reality Swedish visitors encountered in Taganrog and elsewhere, however, was not always of the dreaded kind — a destitute shelter for desperate children abandoned by the world — although such a description was at times apt, especially in reference to homes for the mentally disabled. What they found instead were tangible traces and elements of entirely different plans and ambitions.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES), Södertörn University , 2012. Vol. 5, no 2, p. 33-39
National Category
History
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-17808OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-17808DiVA, id: diva2:581764
Projects
Det fordistiska projektet i Östersjöområdet. Uppkomst, blomstring, kris
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies2013-01-022013-01-022020-06-05Bibliographically approved