TW Dictionary logoTW Dictionaryby Toppers' Wisdom

gulag

/ˈɡuːlæɡ/noun

उच्चारण गूलैग

गुलाग, (राजनीतिक बंदियों का) यातना-शिविर

Advanced word

noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a system of prison camps in the former Soviet Union where many people died, or one of these camps; any prison camp where political prisoners are kept in very bad conditions

    गुलाग, (राजनीतिक बंदियों का) यातना-शिविर

    • Millions of people were sent to the gulags under Stalin.
    • He spent ten years in a gulag in Siberia.

    Synonyms labour camp prison camp concentration camp

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

labour camp prison camp concentration camp

✓In the exam

General knowledge

The writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn described the Soviet prison camps in his famous book The Gulag Archipelago.

लेखक Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ने अपनी प्रसिद्ध पुस्तक The Gulag Archipelago में सोवियत जेल-शिविरों का वर्णन किया।