OMONn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊmɒn/,

/əʊˈmɒn/, U.S.

/oʊˈmɑn/

Forms: 1900s– OMON, 1900s– Omon.

Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian OMON.

Etymology: < Russian OMON, acronym < the initial letters of Otrjad(y) Milicii Osobogo Naznačenija Special Purpose Militia Detachment(s) (compare otriad n.).

In Russia or (formerly) the Soviet Union: an elite subdivision of the state militia formed in 1987 to deal with organized crime and keep public order at mass meetings, and used (esp. in the early 1990s) to counteract anti-government and regional separatist movements. Cf. Spetsnaz n.OMON is part of and controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs or MVD.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun]

OMON1989

1989 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 1: U.S.S.R. (B.B.C.) 20 Apr. SU/0439/B/1 Only yesterday men in flak jackets with rubber truncheons at their side were standing here. They belonged to OMON.

1996 M. Urban UK Eyes Alpha (1997) xiv. 184 A similar move into the Latvian capital Riga on 20 January was therefore executed by the Omon, an Interior Ministry riot squad.

1999 E. Borenstein in A. M. Barker Consuming Russia iii. 61 The authorities sent in OMON, the ‘special forces’ that are as inevitable in any post-Soviet mass crisis as a chorus is in a Greek Tragedy.

2002 J. Kahn Federalism, Democratization, & Rule of Law in Russia vii. 218 Police from the MVD and OMON were alleged to be calling on voters late at night, pressuring them to retract their signatures from petitions.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	omon
释义	OMONn. Brit. /ˈəʊmɒn/, /əʊˈmɒn/, U.S. /oʊˈmɑn/ Forms: 1900s– OMON, 1900s– Omon. Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian OMON. Etymology: < Russian OMON, acronym < the initial letters of Otrjad(y) Milicii Osobogo Naznačenija Special Purpose Militia Detachment(s) (compare otriad n.). In Russia or (formerly) the Soviet Union: an elite subdivision of the state militia formed in 1987 to deal with organized crime and keep public order at mass meetings, and used (esp. in the early 1990s) to counteract anti-government and regional separatist movements. Cf. Spetsnaz n.OMON is part of and controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs or MVD. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] OMON1989 1989 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 1: U.S.S.R. (B.B.C.) 20 Apr. SU/0439/B/1 Only yesterday men in flak jackets with rubber truncheons at their side were standing here. They belonged to OMON. 1996 M. Urban UK Eyes Alpha (1997) xiv. 184 A similar move into the Latvian capital Riga on 20 January was therefore executed by the Omon, an Interior Ministry riot squad. 1999 E. Borenstein in A. M. Barker Consuming Russia iii. 61 The authorities sent in OMON, the ‘special forces’ that are as inevitable in any post-Soviet mass crisis as a chorus is in a Greek Tragedy. 2002 J. Kahn Federalism, Democratization, & Rule of Law in Russia vii. 218 Police from the MVD and OMON were alleged to be calling on voters late at night, pressuring them to retract their signatures from petitions. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1989
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