First Known Use: 1974
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gulag
noun, gu·lag often capitalized \ˈgü-ˌläg\
Definition of GULAG
: the penal system of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics consisting of a network of labor camps; also : labor camp 1
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Origin of GULAG
Russian, from Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitel'notrudovykh lagereĭ chief administration of corrective labor camps
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