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Refusenik

Refusenik (Russian: отказник, romanized: otkaznik, from отказ (otkaz) 'refusal'; alternatively spelled refusnik) was an unofficial term for individuals—typically, but not exclusively, Soviet Jews—who were denied permission to emigrate, primarily to Israel, by the authorities of the Soviet Union and other countries of the Soviet Bloc. The term refusenik…

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History of the Jewish refuseniks

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related to International pressure · 53
Refusenik → After, Alexander Lerner, American, An, Anatoly Shcharansky, Beryozka, British, Carter, Christian Jelen, Christopher, Craig, David, Dzerzhinsky Square, Effect Publications, Failing, Felix Kandel, General Nikolay Shchelokov, Helsinki Final Act, Ida Nudel, In
related to Books and articles · 29
Refusenik → Aba Taratuta, Against, Cheerful Memories/Troubled Years, Chemical, Cold War, Engineering News, Ethan Rundell, Galina Nizhnikov, Ida Nudel, Immigration, Israel, Kremlin Wall, Leningrad, Let My People Go, May, NJ, Pauline Peretz, Piscataway, Refusenik’s Family, Soviet
related to External links · 20
Refusenik → Dissidence, English, Hebrew, Jewish Movement, Let My People Go, Major, Media, Project, Refuseniks, Retrieved, Russian, Samizdat, Soviet Jewry Struggle, Soviet Union, Study, Timeline, Toronto, University, Wikimedia CommonsTimeline, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Hijacking incident · 16
Refusenik → Airport, Antonov An-2, Eduard Kuznetsov, In, Jewish, June, Leningrad, Leningrad-Priozersk, Mark Dymshits, MVD, On, One, Rzhevka, Smolnoye, Soviet, Sweden
related to Crackdown on the refusenik activism and its growth · 15
Refusenik → Activists, At, Hebrew, His, In, Jewish, Jews, Moscow Helsinki Group, Natan Sharansky, Sharansky's, Soviet, Soviet Jews, The, Torah, USSR
related to Refusenik as a word · 12
Refusenik → Although, English, Gorbachev, Gorbachev Foundation, In, It, Mikhail Gorbachev, Over, Russia, Russian, Russian Jews, Soviet Union
related to Documentary films · 11
Refusenik → Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov, Dymshits, Eduard Kuznetsov, In, Kuznetsov, Laura Bialis, Operation Wedding, Soviet, Soviet Jewry, Sylva Zalmanson, USSR
related to Fiction · 5
Refusenik → David Shrayer-Petrov, Herbert, Moscow, Nelly, Russian

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Refusenikrelated to Books and articlesPauline Peretz0.60section
Refusenikrelated to Books and articlesLet My People Go0.60section
Refusenikrelated to Books and articlesThe Transnational Politics0.60section
Refusenikrelated to Books and articlesSoviet Jewish Emigration During0.60section
Refusenikrelated to Books and articlesCold War0.60section
Refusenikrelated to Books and articlesEthan Rundell0.60section
Refusenikrelated to Books and articlesPiscataway0.60section
Refusenikrelated to Books and articlesNJ0.60section
Refusenikrelated to Books and articlesTransaction Publishers0.60section
Refusenikrelated to Books and articlesSoviet0.60section
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Refusenikrelated to Books and articlesYuri Tarnopolsky0.60section

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