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The article presents the author's opinions on the infamous GULAG - a system of correctional labor camps and colonies that operated from the early 1930s to the mid-1950s under the general management of the NKVD of the USSR. This social and legal phenomenon is analyzed at the conceptual level, including consideration of the features of legal regulation of the execution of punishment in the form of imprisonment in the period under review, scientific works that touch on this topic. It is noted that the publications are dominated by a critical attitude to the activities of the GULAG, bearing in mind the violation of the rights of prisoners. To a large extent this was the case. At the same time, positive components of the Soviet penitentiary policy of that time were also observed in legislative and departmental acts and, to a certain extent, in law enforcement practice. The fact that the majority of prisoners held in correctional labor camps and colonies were criminals convicted of common crimes (murder, rape, theft, etc.) is also not always taken into account. The conclusion is made that the GULAG had in mind the clearly overstated politicization of its activities still has contradictory assessments.
In the study, it is important to examine different points of view on this historical phenomenon and to examine objective evidence of a negative orientation from the point of view of legislation. In the context of the legal focus of the work, there is a component of historical analysis, and this is important because it is possible to compare information from various sources.
The purpose of the study is to identify the location of the GULAG in the social and legal context of the Soviet state. The object is the legal field of the Soviet Union, the historical phenomenon of the Gulag is the subject.
Keywords:Soviet state, GULAG, camps, colonies, prisoners, repressions, state, economy, subjective assessment, historical facts.
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