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Definition of
Gulag noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Gulag
noun
noun
NAmE
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ˈɡulɑɡ
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1
a system of prison labor camps in the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1955, where many people died
2
gulag
any political labor camp
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