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A Soviet citizen who has been denied the right to emigrate.
REFUSENIK - Refusenik (Russian: , otkaznik, from "", otkaz "refusal") was an unofficial term for individuals, typically but not exclusively Soviet Jews, who wer...
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| A Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, denied permission to emigrate. |
| a Jew in the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate to Israel. |
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Refusenik (Russian: , otkaznik, from "", otkaz "refusal") was an unofficial term for individuals, typically but not exclusively Soviet Jews, who were denied permission to emigrate by the authorities of the Soviet Union and other countries of the Eastern bloc. The term refusenik is derived from the "refusal" handed down to a prospective emigrant from the Soviet authorities. * In addition to the Jews, broader categories included:* Other ethnicities, such as Volga Germans attempting to leave for Germany, Armenians wanting to join their diaspora, and Greeks forcibly removed by Stalin from Crimea and other southern lands to Siberia. * Members of persecuted religious groups, such as the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Baptists and other Protestant groups, Russian Mennonites, and Jehovah's Witnesses.A typical pretext to deny emigration was the real or the alleged association with state secrets. * Applying for an exit visa was a step noted by the KGB, so that future career prospects, always unce |