Mochulsky Uses Dangerous Methods

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The leaders and guards of the labor camps in order to keep their jobs and their normal lives resulted to using dangerous methods to accomplish quotas. Mochulsky from the Gulag boss memoir spoke of the many instances where heavy pressure was put on them to create rail lines as fast as they could. This led to many crooked rails being built but also quick methods of crossing rivers. These methods led to many frequent accidents, and many lives were lost. This portrays more ineffectiveness as these railroads could have been built more sturdy, but instead were done so quickly. This required more maintenance of the railroads, notwithstanding the fact that many labor camps were based on this very task. Ginzburg recounted the many occasions where 12