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===Colonization===
Soviet [[wikisource:Об использовании труда уголовно-заключенных|state documents]] show that the goals of the gulag included colonisationcolonization of sparsely populated remote areas. To this end, the notion of "[[free settlement]]" was introduced.
 
When well-behaved persons had served the majority of their terms, they could be released for "free settlement" (вольное поселение, ''volnoye poseleniye'') outside the confinement of the camp. They were known as "free settlers" (вольнопоселенцы, ''volnoposelentsy'', not to be confused with the term ссыльнопоселенцы,''ssyl'noposelentsy'', "[[Involuntary settlements in the Soviet Union|exile settlers]]"). In addition, for persons who served full term, but who were denied the free choice of place of residence, it was recommended to assign them for "free settlement" and give them land in the general vicinity of the place of confinement.