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gulag Definition

gu·lag (go̵̅o̅′läg′, -lag′)

noun

  1. the system of prisons and labor camps, esp. for political prisoners, in the Soviet Union: with the
  2. such a prison or forced-labor camp, as in the Soviet Union
  3. 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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