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>18 million people were sent to gulags. 1.6 million died. Please, be aware that Solzhenitsin admitted that he lied about millions sent to Gulag on purpose. Doc

• leereeves 3y ago
  The archives were destroyed: > Russia's Gulag History Museum says a researcher has discovered a secret Moscow directive in 2014 ordering the destruction of some of the last remaining documents on Soviet-era prisoners -- a move it described as "catastrophic" for historians. https://www.rferl.org/a/gilag-history-museum-says-moscow-ordered-catastrophic-destruction-prisoner-records/29281003.html https://www.rferl.org/a/gilag-history-museum-says-moscow-ord... Every source I've seen says about 18 million, including that one: > As many as 17 million people were sent to the Gulag, the notorious Soviet prison camp system, in the 1930s and 1940s, and at least 5 million of them were convicted on false testimony.
  • thesz 3y ago
    RFERL, I guess, is a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. It is a propaganda machine, not an objective history research institution. These 18 (and up, sometimes up to 40) millions of people in GULAG (notice all caps) numbers are taken from Solzhenitsin's works, if you go through the chain of sources long enough. And Solzhenitsiin's works are not based on any facts or documents. I also wonder where does this "at least 5 millions of them were convicted on false testimony" come from? How this interesting and significant number was obtained? Did the resource you cite analyzed every and all records of these 17 (18, sometiimes up to 40) million people?