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Gulag

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Gulag /ˈguːlag/

▶noun (the Gulag) a system of harsh labour camps maintained in the Soviet Union 1930–55.

– origin Russ., from G(lavnoe) u(pravlenie ispravitel′no-trudovykh) lag(ereĭ) ‘Chief Administration for Corrective Labour Camps’.

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