THE IMPACT OF THE SOVIET TOTALITARIAN REGIME ON CORRECTIONAL LABOR INSTITUTIONS

The topic of The Impact of the Soviet Totalitarian Regime on Correctional Labor Institutions holds significant historical, political, and social importance. During the Soviet era, totalitarian policies deeply permeated all spheres of state activity, including the system of criminal rehabilitation. The objective of the Soviet government was not merely to restrict the physical freedom of offenders, but also to re-educate them from ideological, moral, and psychological perspectives. In this process, correctional labor institutions played a central role, as they sought to provide not only physical labor but also moral and ethical education. Keywords: Soviet totalitarianism, correctional labor, ideology, government, institutions, center, political, economic, punishment, society