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) (ōpričʻnina)
• 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 (opricnina)
• Polish: oprycznina (pl) f, 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