yes I'm being serious, I have literally 0 history education. Also if someone knows a good site where I can educate myself about general world history that they could share, that'd be great

  • Ryan_Holman [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    They were the prison system that used forced labor in Russia.

    Initially, they were created under the Russian Empire, but they were continued under the Soviet Union.

    It is a matter of debate how many prisoners sent to these facilities were genuine criminals and how many were political prisoners.

    To be clear, I would hardly call myself an expert on them.