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Gulag
UK
/ˈɡuːlɑːɡ/
US
/ˈɡuˌlɑɡ/
Translation of "gulag" into Russian
gulag
Noun
UK
/ˈɡuːlɑːɡ/
US
/ˈɡuˌlɑɡ/
gulag
gulags pl
The author wrote a book about the harsh conditions in the gulag.
Автор написал книгу о суровых условиях в гулаге.
Additional translations
исправительно-трудовой лагерь
концентрационный лагерь
Definitions
gulag
Noun
UK
/ˈɡuːlɑːɡ/
US
/ˈɡuˌlɑɡ/
A system of labor camps maintained in the former Soviet Union from 1930 to 1955 in which many people died.
Many political prisoners were sent to the gulag during Stalin's regime.
A camp in the former Soviet Union where prisoners were forced to work.
He was sentenced to ten years in a gulag for his dissenting views.
A place or situation of great hardship or suffering.
The factory was so harsh and demanding that workers often referred to it as a gulag.
gulag
Adjective
UK
/ˈɡuːlɑːɡ/
US
/ˈɡuˌlɑɡ/
Relating to or characteristic of the Soviet Gulag; harshly repressive or punitive.
The new regulations were criticised as a gulag policy toward dissenting employees.
Gulag
Proper noun
The network of forced-labour camps operated in the Soviet Union, especially during Stalin's rule.
Solzhenitsyn exposed the horrors of the Gulag to the wider world.
Idioms and phrases
gulag camp
The prisoners were sent to a remote gulag camp in Siberia.
лагерь ГУЛАГа
Заключенные были отправлены в отдаленный лагерь ГУЛАГа в Сибири.
gulag system
The gulag system was a network of forced labor camps.
система ГУЛАГа
Система ГУЛАГа была сетью трудовых лагерей.
gulag survivor
The book tells the story of a gulag survivor.
выживший ГУЛАГа
Книга рассказывает историю выжившего ГУЛАГа.
gulag experience
His gulag experience left a lasting impact on him.
опыт ГУЛАГа
Его опыт ГУЛАГа оставил на нем неизгладимый след.
gulag memoir
She wrote a compelling gulag memoir.
мемуары о ГУЛАГе
Она написала убедительные мемуары о ГУЛАГе.