gulag Definition
gu·lag (go̵̅o̅′läg′, -lag′)
noun
- the system of prisons and labor camps, esp. for political prisoners, in the Soviet Union: with the
- such a prison or forced-labor camp, as in the Soviet Union
- any place or situation regarded as like such a prison
Etymology: < Russ acronym for G(lavnoe) u(pravlenie ispravitel'no-trudovykh) lag(erei), Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps: term popularized by The Gulag Archipelago by A. Aleksandr (Isayevich) Solzhenitsyn
gulag Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- Soviet: What Hitler did in his concentration camps was equaled if not exceeded in foulness by the Soviet gulags, forced starvation and pogroms.
- Russian: He ends up being arrested and sentenced to hard labor in a Russian gulag.
- secret: A handful have emerged from what has been labeled a secret gulag, and have given deeply disturbing accounts of horrific mistreatment.
- Chinese: The boy may be lying in a shallow grave or in a Chinese gulag.
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