Where does “propiska” come from?
propiska (English) comes from Russian пропи́ска, from Russian пропи́сывать, from Russian прописа́ть, from Russian писа́ть, from German pissen, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen — I piss.
propiska (English): a system of population control in the ex-USSR, ...
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- a system of population control in the ex-USSR, ...
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