gu‧lag /ˈɡuːlæɡ $ -lɑːɡ/
noun [countable][
Date: 1900-2000;
Language: Russian;
Origin: Glavnoe Upravlenie Ispravitel'no-trudovykh Lagerei 'Chief Directorate of Labor Camps']
one of a group of prison camps in the former USSR, where conditions were very bad
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