otkaznik

English

Etymology

Russian отказник (otkaznik)

Noun

otkaznik (plural otkazniks)

  1. (historical) Synonym of refusenik

Translations
(Soviet Union, slang, historical) One of the citizens of the former Soviet Union, typically but not exclusively Jewish, who were refused permission to emigrate — see refusenik
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