what was the gulag
The Gulag (Russian: ÐÐ£ÐÐÐ, IPA: ( listen); acronym of ÐÐ»Ð°Ð²Ð½Ð¾Ðµ Ð£Ð¿ÑÐ°Ð²Ð»ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ðµ ÐÐ°Ð³ÐµÑÐµÐ¹, Glavnoye Upravleniye Lagerej, Main Camps' Administration or Chief Administration of [Corrective Labor] Camps) was the government agency in charge the Soviet forced labor camp system which reached its peak during Joseph Stalin's rule from the 1930s to the 1950s.