English Dictionary

gulag

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡuːlɑɡ/

名詞

歴史的 広義 未分類 比喩的用法

(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.

日本語の意味

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。

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

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。

意味（1）

(historical) Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).

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.

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

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

gulags （ plural ）