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If that's your actual beef, Forced Labor Camps/ Gulags were far more heavily used by the Soviet Union than by the Nazis. They were also used to produce weapons.
by gnarbarian 6y ago
If that's your actual beef, Forced Labor Camps/ Gulags were far more heavily used by the Soviet Union than by the Nazis. They were also used to produce weapons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag#Economic_role https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag#Economic_role
- rsynnott 6y ago“Far more heavily used” is incorrect (particularly in Tsiolkovsky‘s time; they became a big deal a bit later), but yes, the gulags existed. Tsiolkovsky wasn’t personally involved with them, though (he was a maths teacher).
- avmich 6y agoAccording to Chertok, GULAG workforce wasn't used at least when Baykonur, a significant project, was being built. It was direct involvement of Army corps used there. Imprisoned labor force was used in WWII time Soviet aviation and rocketry development (Tupolev, Glushko, Korolyov). Other large projects were possibly too technical, challenging to employ forced labor?..