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by decentrality 1926 days ago
"internal passport" yeah, that phrase is being appropriated, thanks!
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0x38B 1926 days ago
In Ukraine and Russia, your passport for ID and passport for travel may be two separate documents - паспорт and загранпаспорт, the former is probably what Griskha meant by 'internal'.
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grishka 1926 days ago
Yes. What English-speaking world calls "passport" is what in Russian is literally "abroad-passport".
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marktani 1926 days ago
In German it's literally "travel pass"
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rootsudo 1926 days ago
In English it's literally "pass port" to pass through a port.
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sbierwagen 1926 days ago
It has a long history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_passport
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