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10 years without the right of correspondence
Euphemism for execution in Stalin's Soviet Union
"10 years without the right of correspondence" (Russian: Десять лет без права переписки) was a clause in a sentence of many political repressions victims of Stalinist Great Purges in Soviet Union that implied death. It was used to keep family relatives of those executed uncertain as to the fate or whereabouts of the victims.