What Was Stalin's Gulag Archipelago Used For

question 30

Multiple Choice

What was Stalin's gulag archipelago used for?

• A) A means to double the country's industrial output during the period of the first Five­Year Plan
• B) A way to annihilate the kulaks
• C) A device to create a new industrial utopia for Russia
• D) A dumping ground for the secret police's social and political undesirables
• E) A military training camp for youthful recruits

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