English
gulag
Gulag comes from Russian ГУЛА́Г ‘acronym of Гла́вное управле́ние…’.
- RussianmodernГУЛА́ГGULÁG‘acronym of Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й: gulag’
- Englishearliest quotation 1988gulag
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- RussianmodernГУЛА́ГGULÁG‘acronym of Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й: gulag’
- Englishearliest quotation 1988gulag
Earliest quotation: 1988, Sue Curry Jansen, New York: “Regulative censorships can be amended or revolutionized in ways…”
Every English word from Russian ГУЛА́Г
Today it means
noun Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian ГУЛА́Г / gulag