Massively and shamingly, the camp system was a phenomenon of food.

Otherwise the conditions in both camp systems were similar: hard labor, poor nutrition and living conditions, high mortality rate.

The camp system was closed in March 1948, and the inmates were conscripted for work in the army or industry.

The camp system was shut down in March 1948.

It is estimated that between 38,000 and 40,000 individuals passed through this camp system, for a total of 60,000 prisoner years.

This camp system was also used to colonize Siberia.

In any case the development of the camp system followed economic lines.

The growth of the camp system coincided with the peak of the Soviet industrialization campaign.

With less able-bodied workers and few supplies from outside the camp system, camp administrators had to find a way to maintain production.