Labour Camps

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The Army and Labour Camps

The effects of purges were wide-ranging and led to many members of society ending up in labour camps.

The army

Stalin purged the Russian armed forces.
81 of 103 generals and admirals were killed.

Labour camps

Labour camps in Russia were known as the gulags.
20 million Russians ended up in gulags during Stalin's rule.
The gulags were mainly located in Siberia.
Half of those sent to the gulags died.

The Leadership Struggle, 1924-1929

1.1

Struggle for Power 1924-28

1.1.1Stalin & his Rivals 1.1.2The End of Lenin & Stalin 1.1.3Stalin & the Communist Party

Five Year Plans & Collectivisation

2.1

Changes in Industry

2.1.1Industrialisation & Gosplan

2.2

Agriculture & Collectivisation

2.2.1Five Year Plans & Grain Hoarding 2.2.2Collectivisation 2.2.3Kulaks

Purges, Show Trials & The Cult of Stalin

3.1

The Use of Terror in the 1930s

3.1.1Purges 3.1.2NKVD 3.1.3Show Trials 3.1.4Labour Camps

3.2

Propaganda & Censorship

3.2.1Art & Religion Under Stalin 3.2.2Media & the Cult of Stalin 3.2.3The Cult of Stalin 3.2.4History

Life in the Soviet Union, 1924-1941

4.1

Life in the Soviet Union

4.1.1Living Conditions & Ethnic Minorities in the USSR

The Second World War, 1941-1953

5.1

USSR in the War

5.1.11941-1942 5.1.21943-1945

5.2

Stalin & WW2

5.2.1Stalin's Popularity 5.2.2Post-War Consolidation

5.3

Post-War Recovery

5.3.1Economic Recovery 5.3.2The USSR by 1953

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