# We're all going to the Gulag Archipeligo.

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 19, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-going-to-the-gulag-archipeligo/728292 "2015-08-19T22:17:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-going-to-the-gulag-archipeligo/728292/61 "2015-08-21T19:54:51Z")

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I wouldn’t mind going to the Gulag. I enjoy touring historical jails–Alcatraz, Port Arthur, the Tower of London.

Or is our mysterious comb-less, suit-less Socialist going to send me there as a _prisoner_? :eek:

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-going-to-the-gulag-archipeligo/728292/62 "2015-08-21T20:20:01Z")

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Does **bottom\_feeder** ever return to threads to see his mocking?

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**Author:** ![orangeapples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@orangeapples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orangeapples)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-going-to-the-gulag-archipeligo/728292/63 "2015-08-21T21:25:54Z")

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> [@Malden\_Capell](#):
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> [It’s a book.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gulag_Archipelago)

Ah, thank you, I was unfamiliar with the source. 'Tis the marvel that is this board, even the most ranty and least sensible of OP’s can prove informative.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-going-to-the-gulag-archipeligo/728292/64 "2015-08-22T01:07:34Z")

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> [@Voyager](#):
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> Which came out at different times.  
> Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3.
> 
> The Phantom Spy  
> The Patriotic War  
> Revenge of the Barbed Wire.

> [@Chimera](#):
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> _We all live in a Gulag Archipelago,  
> a Gulag Archipelago  
> a Gulag Archipelago_

That makes no sense. Two of those titles are exactly the same…

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