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His Majesty is surrounded by schemers: nobles, the Kremlin Regiment, Special Forces guards and the privileged sniffers-out of revolution, known as the oprichniki .
From Russia, With Lurid Storytelling Tom Shippey 2011
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They are the 'oprichniki', loyal henchmen of Russia's sixteenth century tsar, Ivan the Terrible.
Russia Blog 2009
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They are the 'oprichniki', loyal henchmen of Russia's sixteenth century tsar, Ivan the Terrible.
Russia Blog 2009
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They are the 'oprichniki', loyal henchmen of Russia's sixteenth century tsar, Ivan the Terrible.
Russia Blog 2009
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The day ends with an oprichniki orgy and a game that involves shoving power drills under a table where everyone is sitting, to see who gets hit and who squeals first.
From Russia, With Lurid Storytelling Tom Shippey 2011
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In the murderous rampages of the Terror War (which the vast secret state of oprichniki and mercenaries that have swallowed the Republic, in the ever-more brazen dominance of our neo-feudal oligarchy (with its government retainers and its pathetic army of Tea Party serfs who worship the wealthy oppressors
The World Can't Wait! linathorne 2010
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