Those who were spared by the NKVD went into the Gulag.
那些从人民委员会幸存下来的人被送去了古拉格
The Gulag was a network of concentration camps spread all over the Soviet Union
古拉格是一个集中营网络,分布在苏联各个地方
where prisoners who were slave labor worked or even starved to death.
囚犯在这里做苦役,甚至挨饿而死
They were forced to work in jobs free Soviet citizens wouldn't do under the very worst conditions.
他们被迫做些自由的苏联人民,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满为患
that Stalin ordered that half of the people arrested should be shot at once.
所以斯大林下令立即射杀一半囚徒
Each republic of the Soviet Union got quotas of people to execute or imprison and were rewarded for exceeding these quotas.
苏联的每个国家都拿到了一定的处决或监禁名额,如果超出这些名额还有相应的奖励
Nobody could be sure whether he or she wouldn't be arrested the next day, which is exactly what Stalin wanted.
没人清楚自己会不会明天就被抓,遂了斯大林的愿
The people of the USSR were too frightened to frighten Stalin.
苏联人民太过惊恐,都不敢惊动斯大林
The Great Terror made his mastery complete.
大恐怖使他的统治更加彻底
Under Stalin's domination the USSR pursued an aggressive foreign policy.
在斯大林的统治下苏联推行了激进的外交政策
Although Stalin's' socialism in one country' approach won out over Trotsky's 'permanent revolution' approach,
尽管斯大林在一国发展社会主义的方法胜过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.
但是苏联赞助的共产国际却支持在世界范围内共产主义的行动
They met with little success.
然而成功的案例却很少