gulag

Example Sentences

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Inspired by a novella by Soviet physicist Georgy Demidov, who chronicled his own harrowing experiences in the gulag from the late 1930s until the early 1950s, “Two Prosecutors” unfolds with ominous efficiency.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

As dark as the novel becomes, “the real darkness of the gulag there was so bleak that I had to cut it out,” the author has said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

If it is able to bring him back stateside, that is a de facto admission that it does indeed on some fundamental level retain custody of the people it’s sent to this gulag.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2025

They included 2003's I Am David, about a boy who escapes a gulag in Bulgaria, and the comedy Bringing Down the House, starring Steve Martin, from the same year.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

Gulo-mental: includes the region covered by the gulag and mentum.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.