单词 | propiska |
释义 | propiskan. Now chiefly historical. In the Soviet Union (and briefly in the Russian Federation and other Warsaw Pact countries): a permit entitling a person to reside (and therefore work) in a particular city or town.The propiska system was introduced in 1932 as an attempt to control population movement from the countryside to the towns. A propiska not only controlled a person's residence and workplace, but also access to benefits, etc. ΚΠ 1957 E. A. Andreevich in R. M. Slusser & S. Wolin Soviet Secret Police ii. 132 All Soviet city dwellers are supposed to have internal passports which specify the areas where they may and may not reside... The authorization stamp is entered in his passport (propiska). 1961 Encycl. Russia & Soviet Union 412/1 Police permission for permanent residence, the precious propiska in one's passport, will be very hard to obtain in large cities such as Moscow as long as the housing shortage there continues. 1985 Christian Sci. Monitor 20 May 24 Absurdity intensifies in this society in which lives are led looking over the shoulder,..in which you must have ‘propiska’, the Moscow residency certificate that is only issued to students until graduation. 1990 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 May a1 People who've lost their propiski, prisoners who have nowhere to go, [etc.]. 1992 I. H. Corten Vocab. Soviet Society & Culture 118 The recently appointed Committee on Constitutional Compliance..is addressing the question of abolishing the propiska. 2004 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 23 Sept. (Features Mag.) The Meskhetian Turks navigated streets where police could demand propiskas—or fines equal to half a month's salary, in their stead. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1957 |
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