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What was the Gulag?

a forced labour camp in the USSR
the German concentration camp of the Second World War
the government agency in charge of the Soviet forced-labor camp-system
any of the following
The Gulag was the government agency in charge of the Soviet forced-labor camp-system that was set up under Vladimir Lenin and reached its peak during Joseph Stalin's rule from the 1930s to the early 1950s. The camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners. The Gulag is recognized by many as a major instrument of political repression in the Soviet Union.
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