Gulag system
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The Gulag system was a vast network of Soviet forced labor camps notorious for brutal conditions, political repression, and mass incarceration under Joseph Stalin.
Aliases (13)
- Gulag ×4
- Gulag labor camps ×3
- GULag ×2
- GULAG ×1
- Gulag camp network ×1
- Gulag labor camp ×1
- Kolyma camps ×1
- Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps ×1
- Soviet Gulag ×1
- Soviet Gulag system ×1
- Soviet forced-labor camp network ×1
- Soviet labor camps ×1
- Soviet penal system ×1
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
instrument of political repression
→
penal system → system of forced labor camps → |
| administeredBy |
GULAG
→
Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps → |
| associatedWithEvent |
Great Purge
→
World War II → collectivization in the Soviet Union → postwar repression → |
| characterizedBy |
brutal treatment
→
disease → forced labor quotas → harsh climatic conditions → high mortality → malnutrition → overcrowding → political indoctrination → |
| continuedInModifiedFormAfter |
death of Joseph Stalin
→
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| country |
Soviet Union
→
|
| documentedBy |
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
→
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| documentedIn |
The Gulag Archipelago
→
|
| endTime |
1950s
→
|
| estimatedPrisonerCount |
millions
→
|
| formalAbolition |
1960
→
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| fullName |
Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey
→
Main Camp Administration → |
| hasEffect |
demographic loss
→
mass incarceration → psychological trauma → suppression of civil liberties → |
| historicalPeriod |
Stalin era
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| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
→
Stalinism → |
| influencedBy |
Soviet industrialization policies
→
security concerns of Soviet leadership → |
| languageOfAcronym |
Russian
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| locatedIn |
Central Asia
→
Russian Far East → Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic → Siberia → Soviet Union → |
| notableCamp |
Kolyma camps
→
Norilsk camps → Solovki prison camp → Vorkuta camps → |
| notableProjectType |
canal construction
→
industrial construction → logging → mining → railway construction → |
| operatedBy |
MVD
→
NKVD → Soviet government → |
| partOf |
Soviet penal system
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|
| peakIncarcerationPeriod |
early 1950s
→
late 1930s → |
| recognizedAs |
crime against humanity by many historians
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| significantExpansion |
1930s
→
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| significantExpansionUnder |
Joseph Stalin
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| startTime |
1920s
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| usedFor |
collectivization enforcement
→
economic exploitation → forced labor → political repression → punishment of criminals → punishment of political prisoners → suppression of dissent → |
| victimGroup |
ethnic minorities
→
kulaks → ordinary criminals → political opponents → prisoners of war → religious believers → |