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Word: Gulag
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Russian, from G(lavnoe) u(pravlenie ispravitelʹno-trudovykh) lag(ereĭ) ‘Chief Administration for Corrective Labour Camps’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɡuːlaɡ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a system of labour camps maintained in the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1955 in which many people died.
Short Definition:system of labour camps maintained in Soviet Union from 1930 to 1955
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