- the system of forced-labor camps in the Soviet Union.
- a Soviet forced-labor camp.
- any prison or detention camp, especially for political prisoners.
- (formerly) the central administrative department of the Soviet security service, established in 1930, responsible for maintaining prisons and forced labour camps
- any system used to silence dissents
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