GULAG as the inevitability of the development of the Soviet system (the 1920s)

The paper reveals the main problems and prerequisites to formation of GULAG (Chief Administration Corrective Labour Camps) in 1920s. specificity this period history is described detail. author utilizes an extensive material letters, diaries other private sources. analysis statistical data allows trace trends totalitarian system Stalinism. On example SLON (Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp), shows characteristic features system.