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Line 1: − + − − The name derives from an acronym for the Chief Directorate of Corrective Labour Camps and Colonies, ''Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh Lagerey i kolonii'' (Russian: ''Главное управление лагерей и мест заключения''), and became well known by its use in the title of the compilation of personal historical accounts by [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]] ''[[The Gulag Archipelago]]''.
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[[File:Olkhon Island gulag.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Remains of a Soviet gulag, Olkhon Island, Russia.]]
[[File:Olkhon Island gulag.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Remains of a Soviet gulag, Olkhon Island, Russia.]]
The '''Gulag''' is the extensive network of prison camps used in the Soviet Union and other socialist societies to imprison people who opposed [[Marxism]] or failed to live up to [[Socialist]] principles. It is an acronym for Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps, spelled G.U.L.A.G. Corrective labor is intended for [[politically incorrect]] action, words, or thinking.
The '''Gulag''' is the extensive network of prison camps used in the Soviet Union and other socialist societies to imprison people who opposed [[Marxism]] or failed to live up to [[Socialist]] principles. It is an acronym for Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps, spelled GuLag, ''Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh Lagerey i kolonii'' (Russian: ''Главное управление лагерей и мест заключения'').<ref>A ''lag'' or ''lage'' in Russian is the same word in German for "camp", as in ''konzentrationslager'' or [[concentration camp]].</ref> Corrective labor is used for [[politically incorrect]] thought, word, or action. The term became well known by its use in the title of the compilation of personal historical accounts by [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]] in ''[[The Gulag Archipelago]]''.
Camps were located in every part of the country—most notoriously in cold Siberia—and slave labor was used not only for mining and heavy industries but for producing every kind of consumer product such as furniture toys, and fur hats.
Camps were located in every part of the country—most notoriously in cold Siberia—and slave labor was used not only for mining and heavy industries but for producing every kind of consumer product such as furniture toys, and fur hats.