After Stalin died in 1953, the number of people sent to the gulag
A. decreased slightly.
B. decreased dramatically.
C. remained about the same.
D. actually increased.
After Stalin died in 1953, the number of people sent to the gulag "B. decreased dramatically." This was because Stalin was perhaps the most paranoid leader of the USSR and sent the most people away for suspecting that they were political dissenters.
