Historical research looks at two aspects of the Soviet period. "The Gulag as a Soviet Military Resource: Mobilization through Dismantlement” from Oleg Khlevniuk doi.org/10.1080/1351...
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The Gulag as a Soviet Military Resource: Mobilization through Dismantlement1
The Gulag as a system of terror and forced labor was the cornerstone of Soviet mobilization efforts in the 1930s. Paradoxically, during the war with Nazi Germany, the Gulag’s capacities and economi...