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propiska

Today it means: a system of population control in the ex-USSR, (regional) residence permit, registration Full definition →

Russian пропи́ска

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Russian · borrowed fromпропи́ска
English todaypropiska

Borrowed from Russian пропи́ска (propíska), from пропи́сывать (propísyvatʹ, “write into”).

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