101st kilometre

101st kilometre

101st kilometre is a colloquial name for the law restricting freedom of movement in the Soviet Union.

In the Soviet Union, the rights of an inmate released from the prison would typically still be restricted for a long period of time. Instead of regular documents, inmates would receive a temporary substitute, a "wolf ticket" ( _ru. волчий билет, "volchiy bilet"), confining them to internal exile without the right to settle closer than 100 km (62 miles) from large urban centers. This has resulted in many residential communities established at 101 km (63 mi) away from city borders. In modern Russia, the restrictions have been abolished and the expression is used in a context similar to that of boondocks.

References

* [http://books.google.com/books?id=s1kQQgCMHPIC&pg=PA193&lpg=PA193&dq=101+kilometer+law+Soviet&source=web&ots=F8wWnOa21W&sig=23qkC0qvYb3HEbcl21Qg0sMZW28&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPA193,M1 Mass uprisings in the USSR: Protest and Rebellion in the Post-Stalin Years] , by Vladimir A. Kozlov and Elaine McClarnand MacKinnon, "M.E. Sharpe", 2002.
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=Wrojkhrj0VIC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=101+kilometer+law+Soviet&source=web&ots=nfpWolm5cq&sig=3CfpWktxp1ZZ4RgjiuAdoUGp0ik&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Empire: Forty Years That Shook the World] , by Fred Coleman, "Macmillan", 1997.


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