oprichnina

oprichnina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian опри́чнина (opríčnina).

Noun

oprichnina (uncountable)

1. (historical) The period of Russian history between 1565 and 1572 during which Tsar Ivan the Terrible instituted a domestic policy of secret police, mass repressions, public executions, and confiscation of land from Russian aristocrats.
2. (historical) This domestic policy.
   • 2014, N.N., Sputnik & Pogrom, A brief guide to the Russian psyche:

     Starting with Ivan the Terrible, whose “oprichnina” destroyed the ancient boyar families, eliminating any alternative to the state and sovereign as principal character throughout our history.

Related terms

• oprichnik

Translations

period of Russian history

Armenian: օպրիչնինա (hy) (ōpričʿnina) Azerbaijani: opriçnina Belarusian: апры́чніна f (aprýčnina) Bulgarian: опри́чнина f (opríčnina) Czech: opričnina f Dutch: opritsjnina f Estonian: opritšnina French: opritchnina f Georgian: ოპრიჩნინა (oṗričnina) German: Opritschnina f Greek: οπρίτσνινα f (oprítsnina) Hebrew: אופריצ׳נינה‎ f (opríchnina) Japanese: オプリーチニナ (opurīchinina) Kazakh: опричнина (opriçnina) Korean: 오프리치니나 (opeurichinina) Kyrgyz: опричнина (opriçnina) Polish: opricznina f Portuguese: opríchnina f Russian: опри́чнина (ru) f (opríčnina) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̀причнина f Roman: òpričnina (sh) f Slovak: opričnina f Slovene: opričnina f Spanish: opríchnina f Turkish: opriçnina Turkmen: opriçnina Ukrainian: опри́чнина f (oprýčnyna) Uzbek: oprichnina