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White- (бело-), a prefix used by Bolsheviks to designate their real and alleged enemies of all sorts, in analogy with White Army.

These terms were supposed to distinguish, e.g., "good Poles" from "bad Poles", and usually bore a derogatory gist.

To obtain a prefix "white-" in one's papers while being imprisoned in the Soviet Union automatically meant application of Article 58.

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