Gulag

government agency in charge of the Soviet forced labor camp system
Organization government_agency Q161448
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Gulag

Summary

Gulag is a government agency[1]. Gulag ranks in the top 0.076% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,034 views/month, #3 of 3,958).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gulag is in the country of Soviet Union[3].
  • Gulag's instance of is recorded as government agency[4].
  • Gulag's item operated is recorded as gulag camp[5].
  • Gulag's child organization or unit is recorded as Uhtizhemlag[6].
  • Gulag is part of political repression in the Soviet Union[7].
  • Gulag's Commons category is recorded as Gulag[8].
  • Gulag's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gulag[9].
  • Gulag's Commons gallery is recorded as ГУЛАГ[10].
  • Gulag's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[11].
  • Gulag's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].
  • Gulag's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Correction and Detention Facilities[13].
  • Gulag's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Soviet Union[14].
  • Gulag's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as History of Russia task force[15].
  • Gulag's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[16].
  • Gulag's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Law[17].
  • Gulag's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Politics[18].
  • Gulag's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject European history[19].
  • Gulag's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Sociology[20].
  • Gulag's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Socialism[21].
  • Gulag's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Psychology[22].
  • Gulag's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Organized Labour[23].
  • Gulag's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health[24].

Body

Identity

Gulag is part of political repression in the Soviet Union[7].

Operations

Gulag's child organization or unit is recorded as Uhtizhemlag[6].

Why It Matters

Gulag ranks in the top 0.076% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,034 views/month, #3 of 3,958).[2] Gulag has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Gulag is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gulag_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Gulag}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gulag}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-08}}
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  1. 3d ago · Putnik · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openalex id C2776721811
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    Freebase id /m/03dd9
    Commons category Gulag
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: gulag"
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