Etymology

cargo-200

Today it means: Casualties for transportation in the Soviet and modern Russian military. Full definition →

Russian груз-200
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  1. Russian · derived fromгруз-200
  2. English todaycargo-200

Calque of Russian груз-200 (gruz-200), груз-две́сти (gruz-dvésti). Various theories exist regarding the Russian term.

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