Also let's not forget labor camps. Some big industrial projects (especially in Siberia) such as dams, the Trans-Siberian railroad, factories, power lines etc., were built with slave labor.
I am not sure of the %, I imagine it is not terribly large, but it is still there.
Other projects were built with student labor. University students were encouraged to provide volunteer work on such projects. They got on a train and traveled some place wherever help was needed. My father said it was quite fun. He spent a summer in Khazakstan, then another in Siberia.
I am not sure of the %, I imagine it is not terribly large, but it is still there.
Other projects were built with student labor. University students were encouraged to provide volunteer work on such projects. They got on a train and traveled some place wherever help was needed. My father said it was quite fun. He spent a summer in Khazakstan, then another in Siberia.