Ayini ama-gulag futhi obani ababehlala kuwo?
Context:I-Gulag[c][d] kwakuyinhlangano kahulumeni eyayiphethe inethiwekhi yaseSoviet yezinkambu zomsebenzi ophoqelelwe ezasungulwa ngomyalo kaVladimir Lenin, yafinyelela esiqongweni sayo ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaJoseph Stalin kusukela ngawo-1930 kuya ekuqaleni kwawo-1950. Abantu abakhuluma isiNgisi nabo basebenzisa igama elithi gulag lapho bebhekisela ekamu ngalinye lokusebenza ngenkani elalikhona eSoviet Union, kuhlanganise namakamu ayekhona ngenkathi yangemva kukaLenin. Igama eliphelele le-ejensi lashintsha izikhathi eziningana.  I-Gulag yaziwa njengethuluzi eliyinhloko lokucindezela kwezombangazwe eSoviet Union. La makamu ayegcina iziboshwa ezihlukahlukene, kusukela ezigebengwini ezincane kuya kweziboshwa zezombangazwe, iningi lazo elalahlwa yicala ngezinqubo ezenziwe lula, njenge-NKVD troikas noma ezinye izindlela zokujeziswa ngaphandle kwenkantolo. Ngo-1918-1922, le nhlangano yayiphethwe yiCheka, ilandelwa yi-GPU (1922-1923), i-OGPU (1923-1934), kamuva eyaziwa ngokuthi i-NKVD (1934-1946), kanye noMnyango Wezangaphakathi (MVD) eminyakeni yokugcina. Ikamu leziboshwa laseSolovki, ikamu lokuqala lokuhlushwa elalakhiwa ngemva kwenguquko, lavulwa ngo-1918 futhi lagunyazwa ngokomthetho, "Ngokwakhiwa kwamakamu okufukuzwa ngenkani", ngo-April 15, 1919.
Ama-Gulags kwakuyinkambu yokufukuzwa ngenkani eyakhiwa ngesikhathi seSoviet Union eyayisetshenziswa njengethuluzi lokucindezela nokushaya. AmaGulags ayegcina abantu abahlukahlukene, kusukela kweziboshwa zezombangazwe kuya ezigebengwini ezincane.