Book of the Week - The Magnetic North - 5. The Gulag

Sara Wheeler journeys to a remote archipelago and visits an ancient holy site in Russia.

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Sara Wheeler journeys to a remote archipelago, visiting the ancient holy site which became one of the most feared places in 20th-century Russia.

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