katorga

Noun

Meaning

Penal servitude in a Russian or Soviet labour camp.

A Tsarist or Soviet labour camp.

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Examples

The gulag inherited this approach from the katorga system. Source: Internet

In 1943, the term katorga works ( каторжные работы main) was reintroduced. Source: Internet

In the early decades of the Soviet Union (especially the 1930s and 1940s), the earlier katorga system of penal labour camps was replaced by a new one that was controlled by the GULAG state agency. Source: Internet

Prisoners sentenced to "katorga works" were sent to Gulag prison camps with the most harsh regime and many of them perished. Source: Internet

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