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The correct spelling is gulag.

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noun

IPA: /ˈɡu.lɑɡ/

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The correct spelling is gulag. A prison camp. For example: "One important difference between the GULAG system and the Nazi concentration camps was that a person sentenced to five years of hard labor in a Soviet labor camp could expect, assuming he or she survived, to be released at the end of the sentence. [Gulag: Soviet Prison Camps and Their Legacy; By David Hosford, Pamela Kachurin and Thomas Lamont. National Resource Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, Harvard University]"

Usage Examples

One important difference between the GULAG system and the Nazi concentration camps was that a person sentenced to five years of hard labor in a Soviet labor camp could expect, assuming he or she survived, to be released at the end of the sentence. [Gulag: Soviet Prison Camps and Their Legacy; By David Hosford, Pamela Kachurin and Thomas Lamont. National Resource Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, Harvard University]

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A prison camp.
  2. 2.The system of all Soviet prison and/or labor camps in use during the Stalinist period.

verb

  1. 1.To force into this prison or a similar system.

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