Stalin's Silent People. Personal stories from the Gulag. Radio documentary by Orlando Figes. 2007.

One of a two-part broadcast made by Orlando Figes in 2007 dedicated to personal histories and ambiguity of action and memory regarding the period of Stalin’s Gulag. It was made to accompany The Whisperers, a book by Figes on the regime's effect on people's personal lives, in partnership with the campaigning group Memorial: www.gulagmuseum.org
Figes begins in Norilsk, a metallurgy city within the arctic circle and labour camp hub in the era of the Gulag. Former prisoners and former guards and prosecutors had now lived side by side for decades. They and their descendants make up the overwhelming bulk of the population. He considers the meaning of their pride in their survival and their city. He then moves to stories from the Gulag (and after) elsewhere before returning to Norilsk for the concluding section of this interview-based documentary.