Gulag

 
Pronunciation: /ˈguːlag/

noun

  • a system of labour camps maintained in the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1955 in which many people died.
  • (gulag) a camp in the Gulag system, or any political labour camp.

Origin:

Russian, from G(lavnoe) u(pravlenie ispravitelʹno-trudovykh) lag(ereĭ) 'Chief Administration for Corrective Labour Camps'