Sentences with 'gulags'
Example sentences and phrases with the word gulags and other words derived from it.
• « In addition to the total murder, thousands more were imprisoned in labour camps known as gulags, almost all of them located in the cold northern regions of Siberia. The total number of victims is conservatively estimated at 700,000, not counting the hundreds of thousands deported to the gulags. »
• « Stalin died in 1954, leaving behind a country that was still comparatively poor but enormously powerful. Moreover, Stalin left a legacy of death and imprisonment that affected almost every family in the USSR, with millions still trapped in the gulags of Siberia. »
• « Shortly after the speech, Nikita Khrushchev released four million prisoners from the gulags as a practical gesture demonstrating his sincerity. This period is called "The Thaw" in Soviet history. »
• « The existence of the Soviet gulags became increasingly well known, though the details were often unclear, so Western communist parties struggled to appeal to anyone beyond their working class base. »