To what does the term gulag refer?
A) the first collective farms in the Soviet Union
B) forced-labor camps populated by political prisoners of Stalin's government
C) Stalin's institutional replacement for the rural Soviets
D) the technical term for Stalin's first Five-Year Plan as it applied to industry
E) prisoner-of-war camps for "White" Russian partisans during the Civil War

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Gulags were forced-labor camps in the Soviet Union where political prisoners, dissidents, and other perceived enemies of Stalin's regime were sent. They were known for their harsh conditions, high mortality rates, and use of forced labor.

To What Does the Term Gulag Refer