English Explanatory Dictionary

sharashka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A secret research and development laboratory in the Soviet gulag.

Word forms

sharashka sharashkas sharaga

Etymology

From Russian шара́шка (šaráška) or шара́жка (šarážka), a diminutive for шара́га (šarága).

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