Gulag
[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
Origin of gulag
; from Russian 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) SolzhenitsynGulag
also Gu·lag
noun
- a. A network of forced labor camps in the former Soviet Union.b. A labor camp in this network.
- a. A network of prisons used especially for political dissidents.b. A prison in such a network.
Origin of gulag
Russian Gulag, from G(lavnoe) u(pravlenie ispravitel'no-trudovykh) lag(ereĭ), Chief Administration (of Correctional Labor) Camps.Gulag
Noun
(plural gulags)
Origin
From the Russian acronym ГУЛАГ (GULAG): Главное управление исправительно-трудовых лагерей (Glávnoje upravlénije ispravítel’no-trudovýx lageréj, “Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps, Main Directorate for Places of Detention, Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps, etc.”).
Gulag
Variant of gulag
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
Origin of gulag
; from Russian 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