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опри́чник
(
opríčnik
)
Noun
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oprichnik
(
plural
oprichniks
)
(
historical
)
A member of the
bodyguard
corps
established by
Tsar
Ivan the Terrible
to
govern
a division of
Russia
from 1565 to 1572.
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