I found a reference in a essay by Cornelius Castoriadis (The Destinies of Totalitarianism) about some receptions of Stalin's death on concentration camps. Castoriadis says:
"At the time of Stalin's death, the situation must have been a mixture of apathy and opposition (as witnessed by the outbursts and revolts in the concentration camps)"
Anyone could help me in finding the source of these witnesses? The essay is from 1980, so a couple of years after the publishing of 'Gulag Archipelago'. But i also didn't found any information in Solzhenitsyn book that could point for the Castoriadis statement of revolts in concentration camps after 1953. I would be very grateful if someone could help me. Thanks.
Most of the "revolts' were non-violent (i.e. prisoners just refused to work till their demands (mostly economic - decreasing working hours from 10-12 to 7-8 for example) gonna be fulfilled - prime examples are Norilsk and Vorkuta in 1953.
Solzhenitsyn referring to uprising in Kengir camp (Kazakhstan) in 1953, which was suppressed by regular troops.
All in all, there's comprehensive study on that matter (in Russian) - History of Stalin's GULag: uprisings, riots and strikes of prisoners. Full book in PDF format.