Main Administration of Camps

The Main Administration of Camps,^[a] abbreviated as GULag, was a system of rehabilitative labor camps in the Soviet Union. Most of the prisoners were convicted of regular crimes and were not counterrevolutionaries. At the peak of the GULag system, 2.4% of the adult Soviet population was incarcerated, whereas 2.8% of the United States population is currently incarcerated.^[1]

Working conditions

Inmates worked 10-hour days until 1954, when the work day was reduced to 8 hours. Prisoners who worked very productively could have their sentences reduced by up to half and were given extra food or money.^[1]

Notes

↑ Russian: Главное управление лагерей

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Saed Teymuri (2018-10-31). "The Truth about the Soviet Gulag - Surprisingly Revealed by the CIA" The Stalinist Katyusha. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2022-09-11.

[1] Russian: Главное управление лагерей

[:0-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Saed Teymuri (2018-10-31). "The Truth about the Soviet Gulag - Surprisingly Revealed by the CIA" The Stalinist Katyusha. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2022-09-11.

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