Associations to the word «Gulag»

Wiktionary

GULAG, noun. A prison camp.
GULAG, noun. A generic name for the system of all Soviet prison and/or labor camps in use during the Stalinist period.

Dictionary definition

GULAG, noun. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.

Wise words

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