help! What were the Gulags of Russia? a.) The Gulags were peasants who worked long hours for little pay to strengthen the communist economy. b.) The Gulags were manual labor camps used to control oppression to Stalin and his regime. c.) The Gulags were Western sympathizers who sought to eliminate communist control in the Soviet Union. d.) The Gulags was a region of the Soviet Union where opposition to Stalin began and was carried throughout Russia.

b.) The Gulags were manual labor camps used to control oppression to Stalin and his regime.

Explanation:

The Gulag was the government agencies that establish the labor camps under Vladimir Lenin's rule. This system prospered and reached its peak during the rule of Joseph Stalin and led to many people being sent to these forced labor camps.

The acronym GULAG stands for Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei, which roughly translates to Main Camp Administration. This system of maintaining forced labor camps allows the reigning dictator to 'punish' anyone who dares to oppose his authority. Like the Nazi German's concentration camps, these Gulags were a place to hold captive and make people work who oppose Stalin and his ideas of power.