милиция

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) police, militsia
 * 2)  militia

Usage notes

 * In the Soviet Union and many Eastern Bloc states, as well as in some post-Soviet successor states (until 2011 in Russia), the police was known as . As a result, during the Soviet and early post-Soviet period, the term referred mainly to foreign (Western Bloc) or pre-revolutionary police forces.