Etymology

shtrafbat

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Today it means: A Soviet penal battalion that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. Full definition →

Russian штрафбат
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromштрафбат
  2. English todayshtrafbat

From Russian штрафбат (štrafbat).

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