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GCSE History · key term
The Soviet system of forced-labour camps in which prisoners included people accused of political opposition.
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Paper 1
The Soviet system of forced-labour camps in which prisoners were confined and made to work.
Revise: Stalin the DictatorThe Gulag was the Soviet forced-labour camp system. Sending prisoners to camps removed alleged opponents from society while providing labour for the state. Execution and imprisonment were therefore both instruments of political control, although they had different consequences for their victims.
Paper 3
The administration and system of Soviet forced labour camps, used to imprison people and exploit their labour.
Revise: Use of TerrorThe Gulag was the Soviet forced labour camp system, administered by the secret police. It held political prisoners as well as people convicted of other offences. Those sent there included alleged opponents, peasants labelled kulaks, workers accused of sabotage and members of the military.
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