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

The weakness of the regime, to the point that it collapsed like a soggy paper bag, was disguised by the fearsome and repressive gulag it still maintained.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

Ordering him to pay up is somehow or other equivalent to being killed in an arctic gulag.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2024

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

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