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dedovshchina
Dedovshchina (, ) is the informal practice of hazing and abuse of junior conscripts historically in the Soviet Armed Forces and today in the Russian Armed Forces, internal troops, and to a lesser extent FSB, Border Guards, as well as in other armed forces and special services of former Soviet Republics. It consists of brutalization by more senior conscripts, NCOs, and officers. It is a form of non-statutory dominant-status relations between military personnel; the most common form of non-statutory relations, which is a violation of the statutory rules of relations between conscripts, based on
Russian submarine Kursk explosion
accidental wrecking of a Russian nuclear submarine in 2000
Almost Naked party
public scandal in Russia in 2023
Revolt of the Fourteen
revolt of fourteen art students in 19th century Russia
Bank Menatep
Russian financial institution, later holding company