Gulag Football: Competitive and Recreational Sport in Stalin's System of Forced Labor.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- MADDOX, STEVEN
- Source
- Kritika: Explorations in Russian & Eurasian History. Summer2018, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p509-536. 28p.
- Subject
- *CRIMINAL justice system
*FORCED labor
*PATRIOTISM
*CONSTRUCTION projects
*FIFA World Cup (2018 : Russia)
- Language
- ISSN
- 1531-023X
The article focuses on aspect of the Soviet criminal justice system and prepared in mind and body for the rigors of forced labor and war. It mentions Russian government sees high-profile sport as a critical instrument of self-legitimation and for the promotion of patriotism, not to mention massive investment in state-directed construction projects. It also mentions completed 2018 FIFA World Cup and hosted the championship.