otkaznik

plural otkazniks · plural otkazniki

1. historicalSynonym of refusenik.

   She also feared what might happen to her if her application for an exit visa were to be refused. The lot of the Jewish otkazniki, or “refuseniks,” was not an enviable one.

   1982 February 7, Elizabeth de Mauny, “The Winter Years of Nadezhda Mandelstam”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015

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   [Kiril] Khenkin said in a talk in his apartment that he can’t speak for all the otkazniki, but that his case is “fairly typical” of Jews denied exit visas for what they consider arbitrary reasons.

   1973 June 17, AP [Associated Press], “Foresees plight will remain same: Soviet Jew: summit will not help”, in Messenger and Inquirer, home edition, volume 99, number 169, Owensboro, Ky., →OCLC, page 12-A, column 2

   Out of 72 Otkazniki families listed in Moscow (“Otkazniki” is a term for someone who has been refused a visa), a total of 23 are said to have left the Soviet Union already. The situation is said to be less favorable for Otkazniki in the provinces.

   1973 September 27, Agence France-Presse, “Exit Visas Increased by Russia”, in The Shreveport Times, city edition, volume 102, number 304, Shreveport, La.: Times Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 8-E, column 1

   Synonyms: refusenik