gulag

Definitions


[ˈɡuːlaɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a system of labour camps maintained in the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1955 in which many people died


Phrases:

Origin:
Russian, from G(lavnoe) u(pravlenie ispravitelʹno-trudovykh) lag(ereĭ) ‘Chief Administration for Corrective Labour Camps’




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