The term 'Soviet Prison Camp' is often referred to as a GULAG, which is an acronym for the Russian phrase 'Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei, ' meaning 'Main Camp Administration.' GULAGs were a system of labor camps established in the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1956, where prisoners were forced to work in harsh conditions. The prisoners were often political dissidents, criminals, or people who had been accused of being enemies of the state. The GULAG system was abolished in 1956, but its legacy still remains today.