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Those who were spared by the NKVD went into the Gulag.
那些從人民委員會幸存下來的人被送去了古拉格
The Gulag was a network of concentration camps spread all over the Soviet Union
古拉格是一個集中營網絡，分布在蘇聯各個地方
where prisoners who were slave labor worked or even starved to death.
囚犯在這里做苦役，甚至挨餓而死
They were forced to work in jobs free Soviet citizens wouldn't do under the very worst conditions.
他們被迫做些自由的蘇聯人民，即便在最糟的境遇中也不愿做的苦活
Soon the Gulag was so overwhelmed with prisoners
很快古拉格的囚徒就人滿為患
that Stalin ordered that half of the people arrested should be shot at once.
所以斯大林下令立即射殺一半囚徒
Each republic of the Soviet Union got quotas of people to execute or imprison and were rewarded for exceeding these quotas.
蘇聯的每個國家都拿到了一定的處決或監禁名額，如果超出這些名額還有相應的獎勵
Nobody could be sure whether he or she wouldn't be arrested the next day, which is exactly what Stalin wanted.
沒人清楚自己會不會明天就被抓，遂了斯大林的愿
The people of the USSR were too frightened to frighten Stalin.
蘇聯人民太過驚恐，都不敢驚動斯大林
The Great Terror made his mastery complete.
大恐怖使他的統治更加徹底
Under Stalin's domination the USSR pursued an aggressive foreign policy.
在斯大林的統治下蘇聯推行了激進的外交政策
Although Stalin's' socialism in one country' approach won out over Trotsky's 'permanent revolution' approach,
盡管斯大林在一國發展社會主義的方法勝過了托洛茨基永久革命的方法
the soviet-sponsored Comintern, Communist International, supported the cause of communism throughout the world.
但是蘇聯贊助的共產國際卻支持在世界范圍內共產主義的行動
They met with little success.
然而成功的案例卻很少
