Oprichnina

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Domain

History and politics

Knowledge cost

3

Influence

7

Resistance

2

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What Wikipedia says

The oprichnina (Russian: опри́чнина, IPA: [ɐˈprʲitɕnʲɪnə]; from опричь, oprich, 'apart from, except') was a state policy implemented by Tsar Ivan the Terrible in Russia between 1565 and 1572.

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