Etymology

oprichnina

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Today it means: The period of Russian history between 1565 and 1572 during which Tsar Ivan the Terrible instituted a domestic policy of secret police, mass repressions, public executions, and confiscation of land from Russian aristocrats. Full definition →

Russian опри́чнина
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromопри́чнина
  2. English todayoprichnina

Borrowed from Russian опри́чнина (opríčnina).

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