Fifth line
Fifth line or fifth record (Russian: Пятая графа), Fifth point (Russian: Пятый пункт) is a Russian euphemism that originated in the Soviet Union, which indicated that an individual belonged to a certain ethnic group. In the Soviet Union, line number 5 for indicating ethnicity was on the Personal Record Sheet (Russian: Личный листок по учёту кадров) used by the passport departments of the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs (and not in the Soviet passport itself, as is often mistakenly believed).