oprichnina (English, noun)
expansion: oprichnina (uncountable)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: historical
uncountable
glosses: This domestic policy.
tags: historical
uncountable
Forms: