A propiska (Russian: пропи́ска, IPA: [prɐˈpʲiskə] , plural: propiski) was both a written residency permit and a migration-recording tool, used in the Russian...

Propiska may refer to: Propiska in the Soviet Union, a written residency permit and a migration-recording tool, in the Russian Empire before 1917 and...

propiskas. That has led to the widespread misconception that registration was just a new name for the propiska; many continue to call it a "propiska"...

and replaced the prior repressive mandatory Soviet system of propiska. The word "propiska" is still widely used colloquially to refer to the registration...

kilometre became a colloquial phrase for limits on freedom of movement under propiska, the Soviet system of controlling internal migration. During most of the...

the registration, although known as "propiska" was not associated with the residential permit of the later propiska system. The Small Soviet Encyclopedia...

used to control and monitor the place of residence by means of propiska. Officially, propiska was introduced for statistical reasons: since in the planned...

included internal passport controls, which when combined with individual city Propiska ("place of residence") permits, and internal freedom of movement restrictions...

every citizen was obliged to have a propiska – a place of permanent residency. Nobody could be stripped of propiska without substitution or refuse it without...

passports just as were propiskas. This has led to the widespread misconception that registration was just a new name for the propiska; in fact, many still...