Gulag
WordNet
noun
(1) A Russian prison camp for political prisoners
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Etymology
From the Russian acronym ГУЛАГ: Главное управление исправительно-трудовых лагерей, Glávnoye upravléniye ispravítel’no-trudovýkh lageréi (translates to: Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps, Main Directorate for Places of Detention, Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps, etc.)
Noun
- A prison camp.
- A generic name for the system of all Soviet prison camps.