почтовый ящик

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Russian

Etymology

In the sense of “secret facility”, from the Soviet-era rule of keeping the names of such facilities secret by addressing mail to a post office box number without a name.

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Noun

почто́вый я́щик (počtóvyj jáščikm inan (genitive почто́вого я́щика, nominative plural почто́вые я́щики, genitive plural почто́вых я́щиков)

  1. mailbox, letterbox (box into which mail is put)
  2. (colloquial, dated) secret facility, military base
    Synonyms: абоне́нтский я́щик (abonéntskij jáščik), я́щик (jáščik), режи́мное предприя́тие (režímnoje predprijátije)

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