Oprichnina

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confiscation repression oprichnik russian period secret police aristocrat execution

Noun

Definition: 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.

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