Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey

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Gulag administration Soviet government agency penal administration

Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey was the Soviet government agency that administered the vast network of forced labor camps known collectively as the Gulag.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Main Directorate of Corrective Labor Colonies of the MVD 1
Главное управление лагерей 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gulag administration ⓘ
Soviet government agency ⓘ
penal administration ⓘ
abbreviation Gulag system ⓘ
surface form: GULag
administered Gulag system ⓘ
Soviet forced labor camps ⓘ
penal labor colonies ⓘ
special settlements ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union ⓘ
controlled camp commanders ⓘ
regional camp administrations ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved 1960 ⓘ
fullNameInRussian Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Главное управление лагерей
hasEffect high prisoner mortality ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
mass incarceration ⓘ
hasPart construction trusts based on prison labor ⓘ
corrective labor camps ⓘ
special camps ⓘ
transit prisons ⓘ
inception 1930 ⓘ
industry economic exploitation of prison labor ⓘ
penal labor ⓘ
prison administration ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Russian ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Moscow ⓘ
notableFor role in political repression in the Soviet Union ⓘ
scale of forced labor system in the USSR ⓘ
notableWork organization of large-scale forced labor system ⓘ
operatedDuring Stalin era ⓘ
post-Stalin thaw ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
partOf VV MVD SSSR ⓘ
surface form: MVD of the USSR

NKVD ⓘ
replacedBy Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Main Directorate of Corrective Labor Colonies of the MVD
shortName Gulag system ⓘ
surface form: GULag
subjectOf research on Soviet repression ⓘ
studies of the Gulag ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
surface form: People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
translatedName Main Administration of Camps ⓘ
usedFor construction projects ⓘ
economic development through forced labor ⓘ
infrastructure building ⓘ
logging operations ⓘ
mining operations ⓘ
political repression ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Gulag system → fullName → Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey ⓘ
Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey → fullNameInRussian → Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Главное управление лагерей
Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey → replacedBy → Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Main Directorate of Corrective Labor Colonies of the MVD