gulag

Example Sentences

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During the 20th century, the practice of mass repression grew to immense proportions in Joseph Stalin’s gulag system of forced labor camps.

From Washington Post

Its professors and students were ostracized, with scores sent to the gulags.

From New York Times

He also said his own history — he did not meet his father until age 11 because his father had spent 10 years in a gulag — drove him to denounce violence and war.

From New York Times

During the Soviet era, brutal gulags continued to feed the national economy, with colonies devoted to forestry and textile production, often in remote parts of the country.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s in a region once synonymous with the Soviet gulag.

From Seattle Times