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What part of russia where prisoners were sent to work for punishment?

sebria and the Gulags


Who are placed into gulags?

People who are critical of the government are normal the inhabitants of gulags.


Why was Joseph Stalin a cruel and crude man?

Created the Gulags, which were slave labor camps where he sent people who talked openly about their discontent with the government, as well as those who opposed communism. The Gulags killed over 12 million people.


How did Stalin kill people?

Stalin's opponents were sent to the Siberian labor camps called gulags where they were worked to death if not they would kill him.


Why could people be sent to gulag?

Gulags were labour camps in Soviet Russia. You could be sent there for many reasons, peasants were sent there because they opposed collectivisation, which was were the government took their farm and all their possessions.


What were labor camps called that suspected traitors of communist regime were sent to?

Gulags .


what did stalin create for people who disagreed with the government?

The gulags


Were there any gulags in Bulgaria?

no gulags


How many people were still in the gulags after Stalin's death?

a lot


Where were the Russian gulags located?

The Russian gulags were located in various locations across the Soviet Union, including Siberia, the Russian Far East, and other remote regions. They were often situated in harsh and remote areas to isolate and punish prisoners.


Where were Russian gulags located?

gulags were located in Russia, starting in laborea, the gulags spred in hundreds all over the Russian county union


Why wasn't Stalin popular with the people?

Because he was a ruthless (Communist) dictator. He sent everyone to the gulags who disagreed with him or he found too popular. His paranoia to find enemies in the rows of his party led him to murder a lot of his previous comrades.