gulag

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɡuːlɑɡ/

Noun

historical broadly also figuratively

(historical) Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s). / A prison camp, especially one used to hold political prisoners.

Japanese Meaning

ソ連（特にスターリン時代における）の強制労働収容所や刑務所の体制を指す。 / 政治犯を収容するための刑務所キャンプを意味する。

What is this buttons?

Many survivors spoke of the brutality and hunger they endured in the gulag.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

多くの生存者が、ソ連の強制労働収容所制度で耐えた残虐さや飢えについて語った。

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Sense（1）

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.

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Sense（2）

A prison camp, especially one used to hold political prisoners.

Sense（3）

(also figuratively) A place where, or political system in which, people with dissident views are routinely oppressed.

gulags

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