Wolf's ticket

A wolf's ticket (Russian: волчий билет, romanized: volchiy bilet, Polish: wilczy bilet [ˈvil.t͡ʂɘ ˈbi.lɛt] ) is a colloquial expression for a document (an ID, a certificate, etc.) with clauses that restricted rights of a person, such his right to work or study in educational institutions. The phrase and such restrictions were used in the Russian Empire and USSR. == Russia == Originally it was a colloquial phrase in Russian Empire to denote a document issued instead of the internal passport to persons who were given a half-year postponement of katorga or exile for settling personal affairs.

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Wolf's ticket

A wolf's ticket (Russian: волчий билет, romanized: volchiy bilet, Polish: wilczy bilet [ˈvil.t͡ʂɘ ˈbi.lɛt] ) is a colloquial expression for a document (an ID, a certificate, etc.) with clauses that restricted rights of a person, such his right to work or study in educational institutions. The phrase and such restrictions were used in the Russian Empire and USSR. == Russia == Originally it was a colloquial phrase in Russian Empire to denote a document issued instead of the internal passport to persons who were given a half-year postponement of katorga or exile for settling personal affairs.

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