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Soviet labour camps were known as gulags.

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Is it true that Soviet labour camps were known as gulags?

Yes. A reference entry states that GULAG is the abbreviation for the Main Directorate of Correctional Labour Camps, and other sources describe the Stalin-era Soviet camp system as known by the name Gulag.

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Of camps, gulags and extraordinary renditions: Infrastructural violence in Romania
2012
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O’Neill, B. (2012). Of camps, gulags and extraordinary renditions: Infrastructural violence in Romania. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1177/1466138111435742

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Gulag - Wikipedia
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Gulag - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag

Concentration Camps
2025
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Kramer, A. (2025). Concentration Camps. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=oH9SEQAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api

The Gulag at War
1994
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Bacon, E. (1994). The Gulag at War. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=tt2xCwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api

Khrushchev's Gulag: the Soviet Penitentiary System after Stalin's death, 1953-1964
2013
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Khrushchev's Gulag: the Soviet Penitentiary System after Stalin's death, 1953-1964. (2013). hal.science. https://hal.science/hal-00859338v1

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