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voskresnik

Today it means: A Sunday designated for community volunteer work, such as cleaning the streets, after the October Revolution in Russia. Full definition →

Russian воскре́сник

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Russian · derived fromвоскресе́нье“Sunday”
Russian · borrowed fromвоскре́сник
English todayvoskresnik

From Russian воскре́сник (voskrésnik), from Russian воскресе́нье (voskresénʹje, “Sunday”) + -ник (-nik).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.