transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgü-ˌläg ]
noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Russian, from G lavnoe u pravlenie ispravitel'notrudovykh lag ereĭ chief administration of corrective labor camps
Date: 1974
: the penal system of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics consisting of a network of labor camps ; also : labor camp 1