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# Labour Camps

History: Edexcel IGCSE USSR, 1924-1953, topic 3.1.4

## 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

![The army](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2018-03/e631d3f6-d9fe-4d4e-ac58-bb98ea2a4a26/shutterstock_430670296.jpg)

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

### Labour camps

![Labour camps](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2018-03/79b6e54e-f722-497a-8edd-b1df2324b0bc/shutterstock_713544964.jpg)

- 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.

## Test yourself on Labour Camps

- How many generals and admirals were there in total BEFORE the purge?
- How many generals and admirals were remaining AFTER the purge?
- What were the key features of Stalin's labour camps?

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## History: Edexcel IGCSE USSR, 1924-1953 contents

### 1 The Leadership Struggle, 1924-1929
- 1.1 Struggle for Power 1924-28
  - [1.1.1 Stalin & his Rivals](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/1-1-1-stalin-and-his-rivals.md)
  - [1.1.2 The End of Lenin & Stalin](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/1-1-2-the-end-of-lenin-and-stalin.md)
  - [1.1.3 Stalin & the Communist Party](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/1-1-3-stalin-and-the-communist-party.md)

### 2 Five Year Plans & Collectivisation
- 2.1 Changes in Industry
  - [2.1.1 Industrialisation & Gosplan](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/2-1-1-industrialisation-and-gosplan.md)
- 2.2 Agriculture & Collectivisation
  - [2.2.1 Five Year Plans & Grain Hoarding](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/2-2-1-five-year-plans-and-grain-hoarding.md)
  - [2.2.2 Collectivisation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/2-2-2-collectivisation.md)
  - [2.2.3 Kulaks](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/2-2-3-kulaks.md)

### 3 Purges, Show Trials & The Cult of Stalin
- 3.1 The Use of Terror in the 1930s
  - [3.1.1 Purges](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-1-1-purges.md)
  - [3.1.2 NKVD](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-1-2-nkvd.md)
  - [3.1.3 Show Trials](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-1-3-show-trials.md)
  - [3.1.4 Labour Camps](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-1-4-labour-camps.md)
- 3.2 Propaganda & Censorship
  - [3.2.1 Art & Religion Under Stalin](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-2-1-art-and-religion-under-stalin.md)
  - [3.2.2 Media & the Cult of Stalin](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-2-2-media-and-the-cult-of-stalin.md)
  - [3.2.3 The Cult of Stalin](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-2-3-the-cult-of-stalin.md)
  - [3.2.4 History](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/3-2-4-history.md)

### 4 Life in the Soviet  Union, 1924-1941
- 4.1 Life in the Soviet Union
  - [4.1.1 Living Conditions & Ethnic Minorities in the USSR](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/4-1-1-living-conditions-and-ethnic-minorities-in-the-ussr.md)

### 5 The Second World War, 1941-1953
- 5.1 USSR in the War
  - [5.1.1 1941-1942](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-1-1-1941-1942.md)
  - [5.1.2 1943-1945](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-1-2-1943-1945.md)
- 5.2 Stalin & WW2
  - [5.2.1 Stalin's Popularity](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-2-1-stalins-popularity.md)
  - [5.2.2 Post-War Consolidation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-2-2-post-war-consolidation.md)
- 5.3 Post-War Recovery
  - [5.3.1 Economic Recovery](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-3-1-economic-recovery.md)
  - [5.3.2 The USSR by 1953](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/igcse/history/edexcel-igcse/5-3-2-the-ussr-by-1953.md)