Gulag town, company town: forced labor and its legacy in Vorkuta

Introduction

From the margins to the home front: Vorkuta as an outpost

Saving Leningrad, defining Vorkuta: a camp and a city at war

In search of "normalcy": Vorkuta during postwar Stalinism

Vorkuta in crisis: reform and its consequences

The "second birth" of Vorkuta: forging the company town

From prisoners to citizens? Ex-prisoners and the transformation of Vorkuta

Epilogue.