GULAG


Meaning of GULAG in English

/gooh"lahg/ , n. ( sometimes cap. )

1. the system of forced-labor camps in the Soviet Union.

2. a Soviet forced-labor camp.

3. any prison or detention camp, esp. for political prisoners.

[ 1970-75; Gulág, acronym from Glávnoe upravlénie ispravítel'no-trudovýkh lageréi Main Directorate of Corrective Labor Camps ]

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