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Politics : I'M SHOCKED

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From: 10K a day6/11/2005 6:50:29 AM
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gu·lag also Gu·lag Audio pronunciation of "GULAG" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gläg)
n.

1. A network of forced labor camps in the former Soviet Union.
2. A forced labor camp or prison, especially for political dissidents.
3. A place or situation of great suffering and hardship, likened to the atmosphere in a prison system or a forced labor camp.

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[Russian Gulag, from G(lavnoe) u(pravlenie ispravitel'no-trudovykh) lag(ere), Chief Administration (of Correctional Labor) Camps.]
gulag

n : a Russian prison camp for political prisoners
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