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Gulag
see synonyms of gulagNoun
1. gulag
a Russian prison camp for political prisoners
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Gulag
see synonyms of gulagnoun
1.
(formerly) the central administrative department of the Soviet security service, established in 1930, responsible for maintaining prisons and forced labour camps
2. (not capital)
any system used to silence dissents
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Gulag
see synonyms of gulag noun
1. [also G-]
the system of prisons and labor camps, esp. for political prisoners, in the Soviet Union
, with the2.
such a prison or forced-labor camp, as in the Soviet Union
3.
any place or situation regarded as like such a prison
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Gulag
see synonyms of gulagn.
1.
a. A network of forced labor camps in the former Soviet Union.
b. A labor camp in this network.
2.
a. A network of prisons used especially for political dissidents.
b. A prison in such a network.
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