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Definitions for Gulag

[1] the system of forced-labor camps in the Soviet Union.
[2] a Soviet forced-labor camp.
[3] any prison or detention camp, especially for political prisoners.
[4] (formerly) the central administrative department of the Soviet security service, established in 1930, responsible for maintaining prisons and forced labour camps
[5] (not capital) any system used to silence dissents

Words related to Gulag

servitude, slavery, corvee

Words nearby Gulag

gujarati, gujju, gujranwala, gul, gula, gulag, gular, gulbenkian, gulch, gulden, gules

Origin of Gulag

1970–75; < Russian Gulág, acronym from Glávnoe upravlénie ispravítelʾno-trudovýkh lageréĭ Main Directorate of Corrective Labor Camps

Word origin for Gulag

C20: from Russian G (lavnoye ) U (pravleniye Ispravitelno-Trudovykh ) Lag (erei ) Main Administration for Corrective Labour Camps

Synonyms for Gulag

gas chamber, internment camp, prison camp, Konzentrationslager, death camp, detention camp, forced-labor camp, killing fields, labor camp, prisoner-of-war camp