English
GULAG
GULAG comes from Russian ГУЛА́Г ‘acronym of Гла́вное управле́ние…’.
- RussianmodernГУЛА́ГGULÁG‘acronym of Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й: gulag’
- Englishearliest quotation 1968GULAG
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- RussianmodernГУЛА́ГGULÁG‘acronym of Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й: gulag’
- Englishearliest quotation 1968GULAG
Earliest quotation: 1968, Robert Conquest, In the Labour Camps: “The millions of slave-labourers at the disposal of GULAG…”
Every English word from Russian ГУЛА́Г
Today it means
name The government agency in charge of the Soviet Union's network of forced labour camps, which was established in 1918 and formally abolished in 1960.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian ГУЛА́Г / GULAG