The Gulags and National Minorities (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Gulags - primary function
Gulags - primary function
Labour camps for construction & housing political opponents
Kulaks - who were they?
Kulaks - who were they?
Wealthy peasants
Gulag prisoners 1935 vs 1938 (Conquest's figures)
Gulag prisoners 1935 vs 1938 (Conquest's figures)
800,000 (1935) to 5.5-9.5 million (1938)
Prisoner terminology shift from 1937
Prisoner terminology shift from 1937
'Class enemies' became 'anti-Soviet enemies'
Gulag mortality vs rest of USSR
Gulag mortality vs rest of USSR
4-6 times higher
Uzbekistan agriculture under Stalin
Uzbekistan agriculture under Stalin
Forced to produce cotton for Russian industry
Korean minority deportation - when & where?
Korean minority deportation - when & where?
1937, from Far East to Central Asia
Volga Germans deportation - when & how many?
Volga Germans deportation - when & how many?
June 1941, over 400,000 to Siberia & Central Asia
Language policy in non-Russian republics
Language policy in non-Russian republics
Russian made compulsory language of instruction
Muslims in Central Asia - persecution started when?
Muslims in Central Asia - persecution started when?
After 1928