Etymology

chistka

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Today it means: A political purge in Russia. Full definition →

Russian чи́стка
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromчи́стка“cleaning, purge”
  2. English todaychistka

From Russian чи́стка (čístka, “cleaning, purge”).

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