History GCSE
Gulag system
What Gulag system means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Gulag system
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Where political prisoners and kulaks were relegated, experiencing extreme deprivation and forced labour.
Topics that use Gulag system
- Option 30: Key topic 4: Economic and social changes, 1924–41 - 3 Life in the Soviet Union (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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- Labour discipline and state control
- Nomenklatura
- Rural hardship and collectivisation
- Social stratification
- Standard of living
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