Gulag: A History | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Introduction

1. What does "Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei" roughly translate to in English?

Main camp administration.

2. In which country are the Gulag camps located?

Russia.

3. In which decade did the Russian Revolution occur?

1910s.

4. At the height of their activity, how many Gulag camps were spread across the Soviet Union?

84.

5. How many millions of people passed through the Gulag camps during the time they were open?

18 million.

6. What were the Gulag camps transformed into during the 1980s?

Prisons.

7. Which of the following is NOT a reason Applebaum gives as to why many Westerners have not studied the Gulag camps?

America did not stand to gain any power from freeing these prisoners so chose to ignore them.

8. Which one of the following ideals was not one discussed in the propaganda of Gulag camps?

Freedom of speech.

9. Which of the following...
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