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A major political, historical, human and economic fact of the 20th century, the Gulag, the extremely punitive Soviet concentration camp system, remains largely unknown.
Now playingSeason 1, Episode 1
Watching1. From experimentation to setting up the forced labour system (1918-1936)
Setup and creation of a labour system nationwide which turned into a horrific prison.
2. The Gulag in the turmoil of the “Great Terror” and war (1937-1945)
3. The Gulag’s peak and decline (1945-1953)