English Dictionary

gulag

/ˈɡuːlɑɡ/

noun

(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.

He was sent to the gulag for his political beliefs.

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.